Hi Fly 801 becomes first Airbus A340 plane to land in Antarctica

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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