Flight length
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Short-haul flight: | <3 hours |
|---|---|
| Medium-haul flight: | 3 to 6.5 hours |
| Long-haul flight: | >7 hours |
Contents |
[edit] Domestic
A short-haul domestic flight is commonly categorized into being no longer than 500 miles or under 1.5 hours in length, meaning that all domestic flights within a country such as the UK are short-haul. In addition to this criteria, the destination airport must obviously reside in the same country as the departure airport.[1] Domestic flights can vary greatly in length due to some countries being larger than others. For this reason, it is near impossible to define a domestic flight as "short" even if more often than not, it is.
Ryanair consider that flights to other nearby counties are domestic.
[edit] Short-haul flights
A short-haul flight is defined by Thomas Cook Airlines as a flight under 7 hours in length.
Short haul flight is under 7 hours duration, Long-haul flight 7 hours and over.[2]
This definition leaves no space for a category of "medium" to act as a transition between the current "short" and "long".
Carbonfootprint.com defines a short haul flight as less than 2400km in length.
A short-haul flight produces roughly 600kg of CO2[3].
[edit] Medium-haul flights
Carbonfootprint.com defines a medium-haul flight as being between 3 and 6.5 hours in length.
A medium-haul flight typically produces 1300kg of CO2[4].
[edit] Long-haul flights
A long-haul flight is defined by Thomas Cook Airlines as a flight over 7 hours in length.
Carbonfootprint.com defines a long-haul flight as 7+ hours.
A long-haul flight roughly produces 3700kg of CO2[5].
[edit] Large aircraft
On many long-haul flight, jet airliners are forced to refuel in order to reach the target destination safely. Many aeronautical companies are currently designing larger aircraft that can travel much further distances and carry more passengers than current conventional aircraft. A common example is the new A380 which has been developed by Airbus (a joint European company). The A380 features a double-decker layout and has recently gone into production. It is likely to become favoured over the Boeing 747 because of the fact that it boasts 15-20% lower operating costs per seat.[6]
[edit] Notes
- ^ wiktionary:Special:Search/domestic Definition of domestic
- ^ http://www.thomascookairlines.co.uk/seat_reservation_service.htm
- ^ http://www.carbonfootprint.com/shop_she.html
- ^ http://www.carbonfootprint.com/shop_mhe.html
- ^ http://www.carbonfootprint.com/shop_lhe.html
- ^ http://www.airbus.com/en/aircraftfamilies/a380/economics.html
Article created: Oliverwk 20:44, 4 January 2007 (UTC)
