Impact of increased air travel Flashcards
(14 cards)
How were flights before the 1920s?
Cabins were unpressurised
What did unpressurised cabins mean?
Banned from flying higher than 10,000 ft due to dizziness and fainting
What had been made after WW2?
Jet engine
Radar for bad weather conditions
What caused improvements of planes?
Arms race
What was the first flight that could hold up to 450 passengers?
First Boeng 747
What did increase in air traffic and falling ticket prices mean?
M/C professionals could fly regularly
How was plane diff to car?
Quicker, could sleep, had meals on flight
How did ppl use plane?
To commute to work
How many foreign visitors were there in the 1980s?
8.2 Million
What ended federal gov control over airplanes?
The 1978 Airline Deregulation Act
How was fed gov control ended?
Ended control over ticket pricing, routes
What did Deregulation mean?
Airlines could lower prices and cut services
How did airplane industries still make enough money?
Flew full planes with cheaper seats
= Flew lots of planes out
What helped to pull down ticket prices after the 1980s?
New ‘low cost’ airlines set up to compete with already established airlines
