The aviation industry is growing fast, which creates many logistical challenges. Take airline operations, for example. Just one small delay can throw off a schedule, creating a domino effect on the rest of the day. That’s why GE’s products and services in aircraft health and air traffic management are working to reduce delays and cancellations. Try your hand at running gate operations and see if you can manage a bustling terminal. What you discover might give you a new appreciation for the people and technology working behind the scenes(1).
As the aviation industry continues to grow by 5-12 percent annually, experts are exploring new frontiers that some would only find in their wildest dreams.
For decades, aviation experts have spent countless hours imagining impossible new ways to meet the growing demands of passengers, increasingly congested skies and rising fuel prices. But even in the complicated world of aviation, sometimes all it takes is the open mind of a child to spark conversation about the amazing potential for aircraft. Watch how even the wildest imaginations of children relate to the innovative ideas being explored by GE Experts Dale Carlson and Steve Fulton.
segment three: Points of Departure
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Today, there are more than 49,000 airports around the world. That’s a lot. But to give you a better idea of the current state of commercial aviation, take a moment to explore our map below and have a look at the 6,000 most popular airports on the globe. As you scroll over, you’ll get a hundred-mile bird’s-eye view of everything from the most remote to the more sophisticated airports using public Required Navigation Performance with Authorization Required (RNP AR) procedures(4).
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