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Hi Fly 801 becomes first Airbus A340 plane to land in Antarctica
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Hi Fly 801 becomes first Airbus A340 plane to land in Antarctica
Nov 30, 2021 2:40 PM

For the first time in history, an Airbus A340 plane, Hi Fly 801, has landed on Antarctica. Hi Fly is a boutique aviation company. The plane took off from Cape Town, South Africa, on November 2.

The 3,000-metre long blue-ice runway is a designated c-level airport. Despite not being an airport due to the weather conditions Antarctica has 50 landing strips & runways, but no airports.

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