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All up, your risk of catching COVID on a flight is very low. But there are things you can do to lower that risk even further.
Commercial flights could one day be propelled by sustainable fuels, renewable energy or hydrogen propulsion – but big challenges remain.
Reducing jet fuel consumption by 2.5% each year could halt aviation’s growing influence on climate change.
Soot from aeroplane exhausts can linger in the atmosphere, seeding ice clouds which trap heat.
Millicent Bryant made her first solo flight at the age of 49 in 1927. The life of this bold, unconventional woman was tragically cut short in a ferry disaster that same year.
Almost two years after crashing twice within five months and being pulled out of service, the Boeing 737 Max’s return to the skies has now been approved.
Aircraft cabins have been germ hotspots since long before this pandemic. More ‘microbiology literacy’ is needed among the general public for this to improve.
More than one million weather observations were made by aircraft each day in 2019. Since the pandemic started, these have dropped by 90%.
All modes of high-speed travel come with a cost to the environment.
Weaker winds and higher temperatures are making airlines less efficient.
Since 2019, night train networks have seen a remarkable revival across Europe.
Small regional flights will soon start going electric but batteries are unlikely to ever fully power large airliners.
The vast emissions caused by these individuals suggest that a very small share of humanity has a very significant role in global warming.
Your next flight could be the single biggest contribution to global warming you make all year. Experts imagine how we might travel in future, without the ‘flygskam’.
More than a century since humans learned to fly, we need to revolutionise how we stay up there.
Washing hands and coughing into your elbow can help limit the spread of infectious diseases on planes and around the globe. So why don’t passengers read about this in their inflight magazines?
Flybmi’s unravelling is the latest in a long line of airlines that have got stuck on the runway.
Data from hydrophones in the Indian ocean has raised new questions about what happened to MH370.
Secondary radar is an important tool in the control of aircraft traffic, and helps make air travel safe. It was developed during dangerous times.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering, Cardiff University
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Senior Lecturer, Department of Computing and Communications, The Open University
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Director of the Civil Safety and Security Unit (CSSU), University of Leicester
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Associate Professor of Aviation and the Environment, Cranfield University
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Research Fellow, Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, Australian National University
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Professor of Sustainable Tourism, Griffith Institute for Tourism, Griffith University
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Research Fellow in Fuel Poverty and Energy Policy, Built Environment Asset Management (BEAM) Centre, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Associate Professor, School of Business and Tourism, Southern Cross University
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Head, Safety and Accident Investigation Centre, Cranfield University
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Senior Lecturer - Aviation Safety, Cranfield University
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Lecturer in Risk and Resilience, University of Bristol
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Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of York
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Director of Transport Systems, Professor of Safety & Accident Investigation, Cranfield University
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Spacecraft Engineer, University of Bristol
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Senior Lecturer in Networking, The Open University
