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Normally around this time each year, there's a thread on AFF for us to reflect on the travel we've done over the past year. (E.g. 2019 - The year in flight)
Obviously most of us have been travelling a lot less (or not at all) this year, but I thought we could still have a thread to reflect on our travels (or not) in 2020.
Perhaps this year we could do things a little differently by adding a couple of new categories. For example, how about in addition to the usual ones...
I realise there's not much for many people to celebrate in terms of travel in 2020, but some of us did at least get to go to some interesting places in Q1 and I've been fortunate to visit a few interesting new places in Australia this year that I wasn't expecting to - I expect many others are in the same boat. I guess I could also be happy that (according to my Flightradar24 stats) my travels have produced 17.7 fewer tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2020 compared to 2019 - a 79% reduction.
I'll start:
Obviously most of us have been travelling a lot less (or not at all) this year, but I thought we could still have a thread to reflect on our travels (or not) in 2020.
Perhaps this year we could do things a little differently by adding a couple of new categories. For example, how about in addition to the usual ones...
- Number of flights
- New airlines flown
- New aircraft types
- New airports visited
- Where had you planned to go this year, but were unable to?
- How many fewer miles did you fly in 2020 compared to 2019?
- What's one thing you've learnt and/or are thankful for this year?
I realise there's not much for many people to celebrate in terms of travel in 2020, but some of us did at least get to go to some interesting places in Q1 and I've been fortunate to visit a few interesting new places in Australia this year that I wasn't expecting to - I expect many others are in the same boat. I guess I could also be happy that (according to my Flightradar24 stats) my travels have produced 17.7 fewer tonnes of CO2 emissions in 2020 compared to 2019 - a 79% reduction.
I'll start:
- Number of flights in 2020: 25
- New airlines flown: OE, SP, S4, TP, QQ, FP
- New aircraft types: Fokker 70, Jetstream 32
- New airports visited: TLS, OSL, HOR, PDL, OOM, EMD, GLT, KGC, DBO
- Cancelled flight destinations: CPH, DSS, CMN, RUH, KWI, DAD, SIN, MEL, TBU, AKL, ICN, PRG, OTP, BEY, AMM
- Miles flown in 2020 compared to 2019: 88,518 fewer miles (79% reduction)
- Something I've learnt in 2020: Travel is a privilege and we should never take it for granted
- Something I appreciate from this year: No jetlag and I'm sleeping much better