Air travel

Form of travel using aircraft to fly above ground for long distances An S7 Airlines Boeing 767-300ER landing at Moscow Domodedovo Airport in November 2008 A Eurocopter AS350B helicopter in flight in February 2010 A United Airlines Boeing 737-800 taxiing on the tarmac at Denver International Airport in July 2024 Air travel is a form of travel in vehicles such as airplanes, jet aircraft, helicopters, hot air balloons, blimps, gliders, hang gliders, parachutes, or anything else that can sustain flight. Use of air travel began vastly increasing in the 1930s: the number of Americans flying went from about 6,000 in 1930 to 450,000 by 1934 and to 1.2 million by 1938. It has continued to greatly increase in recent decades, doubling worldwide between the mid-1980s and the year 2000. Modern air travel is much safer than road travel. Domestic and international flights Air travel is separated into two general classifications: national/domestic and international flights. Flights from one point to another within the same country are domestic flights. Flights from a point in one country to a point within a different country are international flights. Travelers can use domestic or international fl