(a) Give three reasons why air transportation may be preferred to the other modes of...
GEOGRAPHY
WAEC 1996
(a) Give three reasons why air transportation may be preferred to the other modes of transportation
(b) State any three disadvantages of air transportation
(c) How can these disadvantages be overcome?
Explanation
(a) Three reasons for preferring air transportation includes:
(i) It is the fastest means of transportation
(ii) It can move mails, passengers and high value cargo
(iii) It can cover long distances
(b) Three disadvantages of air transportation includes
(i) High cost of transportation fares
(ii) Air crashes are usually disastrous as chances of survival are highly limited
(iii) There is problem of air terrorism
(c) Solutions to the problems;
(i) Government subsidy of airfares
(ii) Training of flight and technical crew
(iii) Security to be more enforced.
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