The air cargo system is vulnerable to several security threats including potential plots to place explosives aboard aircraft; illegal shipments of hazardous materials; criminal activities such as smuggling and theft; and potential hijackings and sabotage by persons with access to aircraft.

Current global security threats, uncertainty of fuel prices, cyclical trends of the economy, ‘supply & demand’, geo-political tensions such as ‘Brexit’, and of course, not forgetting, Covid-19, are all impacting aviation.

Fuel price remains to be the biggest concern faced by the airline industry in the modern world. The high costs have led to many airlines imposing fuel surcharges on customers. Industry analysts estimate that with the ever-increasing fuel prices, most airlines are feeling an effect on their bottom lines.

The Golden Age of aviation started when Lindbergh flew across the Atlantic 1927-1939. According to Norm Baker, aviation was on everyone’s mind in the country, with air races, speed records, Lindbergh and Earhart. As child he built model airplanes and looked skyward.

College Park Airport (IATA: CGS, ICAO: KCGS, FAA LID: CGS) is a public airport located in the City of College Park, in Prince George’s County, Maryland, United States. It is the world’s oldest continuously operated airport.

The 20-year period between the end of World War I and the beginning of World War II has been called the “Golden Age of Aviation.” During which airplanes changed from slow, wood and wired-framed and fabric-covered biplanes to faster sleek, all-metal monoplanes.

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The 1950 and 1960s have become known as the “Golden Age” of flying. It was a time of glamorous air hostesses and gourmet meals, and of great leg room for all.

Here are the world’s safest airlines for 2021, according to AirlineRatings.

1. Qantas. A Qantas Airbus A380.
2. Qatar Airways. A Qatar Airways Boeing 777-200LR.
3. Air New Zealand. An Air New Zealand Boeing 777-200.
4. Singapore Airlines. A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380.
5. Emirates.
6. EVA Air.
7. Etihad Airways.
8. Alaska Airlines.

Safest Airliners & Airline Safety

1. Airbus 340. The A340 has approximately the same number of flying hours as the 777 and remains accident-free, making it number one is safety. Number in service: 355.
2. Boeing 777. At one accident per eighteen-million hours of flying, the Triple-Seven is number two in safety.

Also excluded are aircraft models have no fatal events involving airline passengers: Airbus: A220, A319neo, A320neo, A321neo, A340, A350, A380. Boeing: 717, 747-8, 787….Fatal crash rates per million flights.

The FAA approved the Boeing 737 Max to fly again after extensive investigations. After 20 months of grounding following two crashes that killed 346 people, the FAA is allowing the jet to fly again.

In over three decades of operation, the plane was involved in 19 fatal accidents, which equates to about one accident for every four million departures. So when a brand new Boeing 737 max fell from the sky in October 2018, killing all 195 souls on board, the aviation world took notice.

Boeing 737 MAX 7 – The next version of the 737-700. Boeing 737 MAX 8 – The next version of the 737-800 (the most popular 737).

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The Boeing 737-800 and its next-generation counterpart, the MAX series, are the third and fourth generations of the American manufacturer’s popular short-haul airliner. The latter has the latest technology, exemplary fuel efficiency, and more advanced construction than its predecessors.