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| The Airbus A380 costs $316m (£173.1m)
and has a maximum take-off weight of 590 tonnes, compared
to 412 tonnes for the Boeing 747-400ER. |
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| The first ever in-flight movie was
the silent film classic ‘The Lost World’. It
was shown via projection on Britain’s Imperial Airways
in April 1925, en route from London to Paris. |
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| American Airlines saved $40,000 in
1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad served in
first class. |
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| They dim the lights on take off at
night to help you see the exits in the event of an emergency
landing. |
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| Heathrow is the largest airport hub
in the world, it may well be surpassed by Dubai by 2020. |
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| Each Eurostar train is 1⁄4 mile
long, roughly the same as Canary Wharf is tall and can
carry the equivalent of 2 Boeing 747 jets. |
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| The longest airline flight is 18 hours. |
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100% of airline passengers think differently and are open to new ideas once on-board!
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Globally 1.8 billion people fly every year.
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30% of airline passengers buy a book. |
