Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:q5erb00214q@drn.newsguy.com:
> more at
> http://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/the-colossal-air-travel-industry-i
> n-numbers/ss-BBS6onB?li=BBnb7Kz but here are just some:
>
>
> The most popular plane ever built is the Cessna 172 Skyhawk
>
> the small Cessna 172 Skyhawk. The airplane seats just four and is
> often used by student pilots. The United States Air Force and Army
> also use a variant of the model to train recruits.
>
I loved tooling around in 172's. Stable,
easy to land, roomy enough even if it wasn't
terribly fast.
>
>
> American Airlines is the biggest airline in the world
>
> American Airlines is considered the biggest airline in the world in
> all categories but one. It leads the way when it comes to revenue ($41
> billion in 2014/15), passengers carried (198,700,000 in 2016), fleet
> size (1,556) and destinations served (350). Turkish Airlines outranks
> it in terms of countries served.
As much as I hate AA, living right next
to its home hub (DFW airport) means we can fly
direct to almost anywhere in the world. Japan,
German, Australia. That is way handy.........
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