Air transport is an important enabler to achieving economic growth and development. Air transport facilitates integration into the global economy and provides vital connectivity on a national, ...

The air transport sector is enjoying an optimistic growth rate while at the same time eliciting growing concern, due to its environmental impact and its vulnerability with respect to energy security.

And that's one of the things that is good about travelling in the air by plane - you can cover much bigger distances in a shorter amount of time. It's faster than any other type of transport.