Developments in Technology

Better and Affordable Transport

Development in technology have helped improve the safety, the travelling time and the travelling cost of each tourist. Budget airlines had made air transport more affordable as they are smaller and fuel-efficient aircrafts. Budget airlines can only fly to short-haul destinations and let travelers travel to places not travelled by the normal airlines. Since 1980, budget airlines have expanded rapidly within Europe, North and South America, and Southeast Asia. An example of a budget airline is Jetstar Asia.

In the past, normal airplanes cannot travel to long-haul destinations at one go; it needs to stop to refuel. Presently, airplanes can fly up to 15000 kilometres at one go.

Example, in the past, De Havilland Comet 1 can only hold 36 passengers, fly at a maximum speed of 810 kilometres per hour and can only fly up to 2400 kilometres at one go. Travelling from Singapore to London can take 4 days

Presently, Airbus A380 can hold up to 853 passengers, fly at a maximum speed of 1090 kilometres per hour and can fly up to 15700 kilometres at one go.

 

More Air Routes and Agreements

The increase in the amount of air routes available have improved the connectivity to certain countries. Open skies agreement is an agreement made between government to stop restricting commercial flights between the countries which means that the airlines can decide freely the routes, capacity and price of their flights.

Example, Singapore had an open sky agreement with U.S.A. since 2001. Singapore airlines can now make a stopover at U.S.A. before going to the third country. This help in the growth of aircraft routes and flights, increase the airline companies in Singapore and reduce the price of flights for the passengers.

 

Ease of Access to Information



 The advancement of technology had also helped make information more readily available and accessible. Information can also be easily updated. Online booking and research has helped travelers access to information about their destinations easily. It also helped travelers to view feedbacks and recommendations from other travelers . Travelers can also book their tickets online without travelling to the travel agencies.