Thursday, September 11, 2014

8 things you did not know you wanted to know about the cost – Aftenposten

8 things you did not know you wanted to know about the cost – Aftenposten

Aftenposten said the other day about it on the new business jet route that SAS has started between Stavanger and Houston.

The last 10 hours and 40 minutes, making it the world’s longest commercial scheduled flight with Boeing 737s stretch flown by a Boeing 737-700 BBJ has seven extra fuel tanks fitted in to be able to fly the long stretch without stopovers. So it takes spesialinnredede plane only 44 passengers.

But there are several special flights and Helweg has created this section:

1. The longest domestic route is Norway

Europe’s longest domestic flight is actually in Norway.

The route between Oslo and Longyearbyen on Svalbard flown today by both SAS and Norwegian. It is 2,020 kilometers long and takes about three hours, and is the longest regular domestic route in Europe at present.

– This is my favorite, in three hours you fly from summer in the big city to winter in the Arctic, says Helweg.

2. One of Europe’s largest squares is also Norwegian

Norway is also known for having several major traffic heavy the flights in Europe.

This applies routes between Oslo, Bergen and Trondheim . The greatest is the route from Trondheim to Oslo, which has 1.7 million travelers each year. This means that the route is the seventh-largest air route in Europe, based on number of travelers.



3. So far you can travel from a Norwegian airport

Norwegians like to travel far by air, and the longest direct flight path regardless of aircraft type is the route between Oslo and Bangkok, which is 8700 km. Eastwards takes the 10:45 minutes, but the west meets the east jetties and takes almost two hours more.



4. The busiest route has 10 million travelers each year

The Norwegian the flights are only trifles to the largest in the world. Most busiest route is between Seoul and Jeju in South Korea, which has over 10 million travelers each year.



5. The world’s longest flight takes 15.5 hours

Over 10 hours Stavanger-Houston is impressive, but the longest flight runs between Sydney, Australia and Dallas, Texas, USA: It is 13,800 km long and takes 15.5 hours. The aircraft of the national Australian airline Qantas normally uses a Boeing 747-400ER Jumbojet the route.

They will be the first European airline with five stars

6. Europe’s busiest Spanish is

The busiest route in Europe runs between Madrid and Barcelona in Spain and now has over three million passengers a year, but the number drops sharply after it was opened a bullet train connection between the two cities .

7. The fastest takes under two minutes

The fastest air route in the world takes under two minutes. The stretch between Westray and Papa Westray in Scotland. It is only 2.8 km long and operated by Loganair with a twin-engine propeller plane.



8. The initial flight path turns 100 years old this year

This year, the 100th anniversary of the world’s first flight was initiated. It went between Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida, USA.

Published: 11.sep. 2,014 9:16 p.m.

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