Air Canada will add service to Vancouver from three new cities in the United States next year.
30.11.2024 - 13:05 / nytimes.com
Rattled nerves and spilled drinks are the most common outcomes of a choppy flight, but intense air turbulence can also cause bodily harm. And while one well-known cause of air turbulence is thunderstorms, it’s poorly understood how far from a tempest shaky conditions are likely to persist.
To answer that question, researchers recently analyzed millions of measurements of air turbulence collected by commercial aircraft. The team found that a heightened risk of a jarring flight extended more than 55 miles away from a thunderstorm, which is roughly three times the storm-avoidance distance currently recommended by the Federal Aviation Administration. These findings, published this month in The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, could inform new guidelines for storm avoidance, the researchers suggest.
Pilots and dispatch crews on the ground have long kept an eye trained on the weather. “The links between meteorology and aviation go way, way back,” said Stacey Hitchcock, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Thunderstorms are of particular concern to pilots. “You get really rapid changes in vertical and horizontal motion over short distances,” Dr. Hitchcock said. Those chaotic motions — which can also be caused by jet stream winds and air moving around obstacles like mountains — can cause aircraft to go up and down, creating the tumultuous sensation that’s all too familiar to many fliers.
In the past, daredevil pilots played a key role in revealing how aircraft experience turbulence near thunderstorms: A fleet of five P-61C Black Widow aircraft repeatedly flew through thunderstorms above Florida and Ohio in the 1940s. “No storm was to be avoided because it appeared too large or too violent,” a senior analyst for that endeavor, the Thunderstorm Project, later said at a meeting of the National Weather Association.
Today, however, scientists have access to troves of air turbulence data. “Almost all commercial aircraft now are collecting some form of turbulence data,” said Todd Lane, an atmospheric scientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia who was involved in the new research.
Air Canada will add service to Vancouver from three new cities in the United States next year.
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A winter getaway may just be a click away. Destination Canada, the tourism department for the country of Canada, and Air Canada recently announced a new promotion that will give away 100 free flights from over 50 cities in the United States to Canada, as a way to celebrate the exciting winter adventures in the north. The promotion, called the “SnOOOw Day” giveaway, will choose fifty winners who can pick a companion to join them in Canada, for the 100 flight total. Travelers can enter in for a chance to win a pair of the flights by visiting www.snowdaycanada.com from December 2 through December 20. The contest is open to any United States citizen, age 21 and over. Destination Canada and Air Canada will notify winners in January 2025, and they will have the opportunity to use the tickets from the time they win through March 2026. “Canadian winter is a time for joy, trying new things, and reconnecting with our inner child. The ‘SnOOOw Day Giveaway’ is our way of encouraging Americans to step away from their busy lives and immerse themselves in the wonder of Canada’s winter landscapes,” Destination Canada’s Senior Vice President of Marketing Strategy, and Chief Marketing Officer Gloria Loree shared in a statement with Travel + Leisure. Air Canada operates non-stop flights to 52 cities in the United States, to their major hubs in Canada, which include Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. “We’re thrilled to collaborate with Destination Canada to offer contest winners the chance to experience the very best of winter in Canada,” Air Canada’s Director of Global Routes Gabriella Lechner shared in a statement to T+L. In social posts about the promotion, Destination Canada spotlights the exciting winter adventures awaiting travelers, including seeing the northern lights, enjoying fresh lobster, and even a thrilling ride on a dog sled.
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