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10 crazy things that happened at world aviation in 2020
The smallest airport that has become the busiest in the world, the birth of the trend "Flights to nowhere", the longest commercial flight, a passenger plane without pilots, a future flight from New York to London in just 90 minutes and also Naomi Campbell's prophecy of rage
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Thursday, 31 December 2020, 07:59
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It is no secret that 2020 was a particularly cruel year for the aviation industry.
But in the midst of all this darkness, fascinating, interesting, even insane moments have emerged from time to time that have captured the imagination of us all.
CNN presents the best of them.
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A small airport in Alaska has become the busiest in the world
Anchorage International Airport in Alaska is nowhere near the largest airport in the world.
It also does not have spectacular attractions, as there are famous airports from Manof, such as Singapore and others.
But for a moment in April 2020, the small airport became the busiest in the world.
It was an extraordinary combination of global passenger traffic that passed through it at the beginning of the Corona crisis due to changes in aviation and the frequent supply of medical equipment, which contributed to a considerable load of cargo flights to and from the airport.
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"Flights to nowhere" has become a segment
Those who wanted to feel like tourists, but without the real thing, boarded "flights to nowhere" that provided them with the lust for travel.
These flights took off and landed at the same airport, due to the closure of international borders.
The trend began with Australian airline Qantas, which offered a seven-hour flight over the country’s landscapes and along the coastline.
The first flight was sold out in ten minutes.
The trend continued in Taiwan as well, where they also combined these flights with the "speed dating" concept.
Flights of this type have also been offered in Thailand this year.
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Naomi Campbell: Prophecy of the Aviation of Aviation?
In the summer of 2019, everyone raised an eyebrow in bewilderment, while supermodel Naomi Campbell was seen performing a somewhat strange "ceremony" when she boarded the flight: she wiped the surfaces around her with disinfectant wipes, put on disposable gloves and wore a face mask.
Later, most of the world acted like her.
In March 2020, she continued to be ahead of her time, while being spotted at Los Angeles Airport, wearing overalls designed for workers with hazardous materials, opaque glasses as well as gloves and a mask.
The longest flight in the world
The year in which the plague hit aviation is also the year in which several world records were set in the industry.
The first belongs to the French airline Air Tahiti Nui, which made the longest scheduled commercial flight in the world: 15,715 km from Tahiti to Paris. A few days later, the Australian company Qantas inaugurated with its A380 aircraft the direct flight between Australia and London. The next highlight was An 18-hour direct flight, between Singapore and New York, made in November.
The longest flight was between Singapore and New York (Photo: Singapore Airlines)
Passenger planes became cargo planes
The global epidemic brought with it a new trend in aviation, in which many airlines converted their passenger planes to carry cargo, in order to continue surviving.
Hi Fly, an airline from Portugal, was even the first to convert an A-380 to a cargo plane, by removing most of its seats.
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Hands-free: A passenger plane took off without a pilot
In January, Airbus introduced a new venture: a system that caused a passenger plane to take off without a pilot, automatically.
An A-350-1000 took off from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport in France and stayed in the air for 4.5 hours.
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Airbus A350-1000 XWB (Photo: Airbus)
Electricity in the air: A plane without fuel
The world’s largest electric aircraft made its maiden flight in May, and actually served as a milestone for an exclusively electricity-based aviation technology, with no use of fuel.
The nine-passenger eCaravan flew in the skies of the state of Washington in the United States for 30 minutes.
Later this year, in September, Airbus unveiled the ZEROe - a concept aircraft with zero pollutant emissions.
The aircraft is expected to be commercially manufactured in 2035.
Airbus ZEROe (Photo: Airbus)
The "cursed" airport of Berlin was inaugurated
Nearly a full decade late, a budget overrun of nearly $ 5 billion, Berlin's new airport was finally inaugurated in October this year: "Berlin-Brandenburg" (or in its full name, Berlin-Brandenburg Willy Brandt).
The airport, which covers an area of 14,000 dunams, includes three terminals with an impressive capacity of 43 million passengers a year, with the plan to expand capacity to 58 million passengers by 2040.
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Whale and also a ball: planes that look a little different
This year we got acquainted with planes that look, well, a little different.
Take, for example, the Airbus Beluga XL, which resembles a giant whale in shape, and went into service in January.
Another aircraft, with a mysterious spherical appearance, is the Celera 500L.
Although it was first spotted three years ago in Southern California, it was only in August this year that it was officially unveiled - a private jet designed for six passengers to fly at jet speeds but with fuel consumption eight times smaller than parallel aircraft.
Another eye-catching aircraft is the Flying-V, which boasts a futuristic look.
His debut flight was held in October this year.
And finally, get to know the "Caspian Sea Monster", a huge Russian aircraft, a glider-carrier glider, which is being revived after 30 years.
Airbus Beluga XL (Photo: fxp)
Dizzying speed records
In February of this year, British Airways broke the world record for a supersonic flight, while flying from New York to London: 1,287 km / h
. This aircraft will be introduced in 2025.
And there is something to look forward to in the future: the American corporation Hermeus is working on developing a plane for 20 passengers, which is expected to transport passengers from New York to London in just 90 minutes.
Fastest across the Atlantic tonight from New York to London so far is # BA112 at 4hr56m.
# VS4 in 4:57, and # VS46 in 4:59.
https://t.co/gfYoHGV3Y6https://t.co/kMhjCqdEtt
If we're not mistaken, BA now retakes the fastest subsonic NY-London crossing from Norwegian.
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- Flightradar24 (@ flightradar24) February 9, 2020
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