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Topic Reading-Vol.2811-12/22/2019

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2019/12/22 Topic Reading-Vol.2811-12/22/2019

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‘World’s first’ fully-electric commercial flight completed

Ever since the Wright Brothers invented the airplane in 1903, there have been a countless number of flights made. It was January 1, 1914 when the first scheduled commercial flight carried passengers between St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida by a small propeller aircraft. Though it was a short-lived service, it paved the way for today’s aviation service industry. In 1952 the first jet aircraft began commercial service, carrying passengers from London to Johannesburg, South Africa on the de Havilland DH 106 Comet, the world’s first commercial jet airliner. Today, nearly 40 million commercial flights are performed globally a year, over 100,000 flights every day. They make our travels easier, faster, and cheaper while emitting tons of CO2, the most prevalent manmade greenhouse gas, as well as nitrogen oxides (NOx), which contribute to the formation of ozone, another greenhouse gas. Emissions of NOx at high altitudes result in greater concentrations of ozone than ground-level emissions. CO2 emissions from all commercial operations in 2018 reached over 900 million metric tons, roughly 2.4% of global CO2 emissions from fossil fuel use and growing fast. In fact, there has been a 32% increase in emissions over the last five years.

Unlike automobiles on the ground, airplanes have been nearly exempted from the use of greener alternative energy sources, such as electric, hybrid, or fuel cells. Only the fuel efficiency has been constantly improved for economic reasons.

Now, the first commercial flight by e-airplanes are about to come into service in Canada. Though it is not a newly designed or created aircraft, but a 62-year-old seaplane refitted with an electric motor. It can carry six people for about 160 kilometers, enough distance for local services. New technology on an old aircraft. Sounds even environmentally friendly.

Will Greta Thunberg agree to fly on this zero-emission aircraft?

Enjoy reading the article about this new milestone for the aviation industry.

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/electric-commercial-aircraft-flight-scli-intl-scn/index.html

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