In recent years, the amount of trips taken by air has sky rocketed. One major contributor to this significant increase is the due to increase in amount of individuals travelling by air, and the frequency of trips taken by them. The result of this could be negative, and in this essay it shall all be discussed.
The first point to consider is that people make a lot of trips by air to see their families. Humans are social creatures that enjoys being close to their loved ones, who are often spread across different parts of a country or even the world at large. For instance, a doctor who has to work in a remote village in Africa will definitely take multiple trips to see his family throughout the year.
In addition to that, air travel is the fastest and safest means of transportation currently. It could take hours or days to travel by land, and weeks. However for trips by air, the travel time is hours in most cases. It seems clear that people will prefer to be with their loved ones in the shortest amount of time possible, and utilise the travel option with the fastest time especially if they have to make multiple trips over a period of time.While there are good reasons for the increase in global trips by air, the increase itself is not completely something positive. This is because more trips by air leads to more CO2 emissions into the atmosphere, which affects the planet negatively by contributing to global warming.