Adam B.

The Airliner Insider!

Airliners

Have you ever flown on a passenger airliner?  The first commercial flights were on planes that could only fit 4 people!  Now, millions of people fly on airliners every year! Wow, what happened in only 100 years?  If you were wondering, airliners are airplanes that could carry hundreds of people and fly above mountains and oceans to take passengers wherever they want to go.

 

           On airliners, there are different classes divided into different sections of the plane.  Those classes are first class, business class, and economy class.  There is also on some planes, premium economy class, which is just a bit better than normal economy class.  First and business classes have seats that fold down into beds [lucky dogs]!  Airline logic, the more expensive the class is, the more legroom and amenities it has.  Plane tickets cost as much as $43,000 on Eithad Airways for first class.  Wow, that is a lot of money!

   

             Now airliners can carry up to 700 people! There is only one plane that can carry 700 people and that would be the Airbus a380.

                         

             Airlines are companies that buy planes, paint their logos on the plane, furnish it, and hire crew to maintain it.  Voila! An airline.  There are many, many airlines in the world. For example these are just a few, Virgin, Emirates, Quantas, American, Eithad,  United, KLM, Thai, British, and Air France.  Of course, there are hundreds more.