Air traffic in a single photo
In 2017, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) documented a record 4,1 billion people waiting in line to check in, go through security, board a plane and take to the air. This compares to only a few million passengers in the XNUMXs.
We fly more often than ever before and make more long-haul flights. With cargo flights also added to the mix, it's easy to see why there is a growing concern about the aviation industry's growing impact on the environment.
FlightRadar24
Aviation app and website FlightRadar24 tracks the flow of air traffic around the world. Like ants marching across the screen, the service uses small airplane icons to represent real-time flight paths around the world.
In March 2018, the site recorded its busiest day of air traffic since its launch in 2007, recording 202.157 commercial, cargo and personal flights in a single day. This is equivalent to 140 planes taking off every minute around the world.
According to FlightRadar24, weekdays tend to be busier than weekends and the numbers for June showed that Fridays tended to see the most traffic.
In a tweet, it was revealed that the busiest day of the year tends to occur during the last week of August as passengers in the US and Europe take their last chance to take a vacation before the new school year begins.
globalization
The boom in aviation goes hand in hand with the growth of globalization, increased communication and mass tourism.
At the touch of a button, products can be ordered from the other side of the world and delivered within a week or even a day or two. As global economies become more connected, air freight has increased – according to ICAO figures, freight transport increased by 2017% in 9,5.
A study of the environmental impacts of the tourism industry collected data from 160 countries to estimate the industry's true carbon emissions. The findings indicate that our habit of vacationing by plane is doing more damage to the planet than previously estimated.
Source: PattayaONE/FlightRadar 24
Last week the Dutch newspapers published a report that the people who fly the most are precisely those who vote for Groenlinks. Hypocrites. How crazy do you want it.
Source please? I have not seen that in the well-known quality media such as NOS, NRC, Trouw and VK, but I sometimes miss something.
I did read that people, including the pro-nature people, look for excuses to justify a flight for themselves. For example, 'I'm a vegetarian, I don't have a car and I have solar panels'.
In de Volkskrant there was a piece about pollution (co2) what to do to compensate for a return ticket to Thailand:
“Return trip to Thailand? That is not eating meat for 6 years.”
July 25, https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/retourtje-thailand-dat-is-6-jaar-lang-geen-vlees-eten~b9a42487/
About making excuses for ourselves, see the NOS:
https://nos.nl/nieuwsuur/artikel/2243926-we-weten-dat-vliegen-slecht-is-maar-sussen-ons-geweten-en-doen-het-toch.html
Often see several harem pants with such a bun on the plane to and from BKK sitting with the inseparable Lonely Planet on the folding table. 😉
Link.
https://tpook.nl/2018/07/28/wie-vliegt-er-het-meeste-je-raadt-het-al-groenlinks-stemmers/
Thanks BM, if I follow the TPO source, however, it seems like a sample without any claim that this is solid, so the question is to what extent this sample is representative and truthful:
“I did a little research into what people voted during the last parliamentary elections. Who flies the most? You guessed it: GroenLinks voters. That is not an accusation, but an observation. ”
– paul Peters (nhtv, thesis interview) via http://www.p-plus.nl/nl/nieuws/stop-op-vliegtoerisme
Who were those people? Young people / students? Only vacationers and therefore no business travelers? Yes, then you get the category of global backpackers who cause the necessary pollution.
As for flying, I myself belong to the social-liberal-democratic movement. Being green is important, but I also don't want meat or flies and the like to fall under quotas and therefore something exclusively for people with the bigger wallet. That is indeed rubbing. Then the wish wins with me to see my friends and family in Thailand.
In 2017, the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) documented a record 4,1 billion people waiting in line to check in, go through security, board a plane and take to the skies.
I suppose you should read this as: In 2017, airlines transported 4,1 billion people? (not all different)
They don't know how many have been in line.
In my travel life I have also regularly stood in front of a counter without a queue, especially on domestic flights.