advantages and disadvantages of aeroplane ?
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Advantages
1. High Speed:
The supreme advantage of air transport is its high speed. It is the fastest mode of transport and thus it is the most suitable mean where time is an important factor.
2. Comfortable and Quick Services:
It provides a regular, comfortable, efficient and quick service.
3. No Investment in Construction of Track:
It does not require huge capital investment in the construction and maintenance of surface track.
Answer:
Advantages of Aeroplane
The following are the main advantages:
1. High Speed: It is the fast speed means of transport. Passengers and goods can be transported easily from one place to the other.
2. Minimum Cost: Unlike railways and road transport, there is no need to spend money on the construction of any track or road, only airports have to be constructed.
3. Strategic Importance: An airway has great strategic importance. It can be used for internal and external security.
4. Easy transport of costly and light goods: It is quite convenient to send costly, light and perishable goods through air transport.
5. Free from physical barriers: Air transport is free from physical barriers like river, mountains and valleys etc.
6. Useful for Agriculture: Air transport is useful for aerial spray on pests and insects which cause harm to crops.
7. Useful in natural calamities: During earth quake, flood, accidents and famine air transport is used for rescue operations.
Disadvantage of Aeroplane:
Air Transport carries certain disadvantages too and they are:
(i) Cost of operating airlines is very high and so freight cost is very high as compared to sea transport.
(ii) It is difficult to carry bulky, awkwardly shaped goods.
(iii) Very risky in case of an accident.