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Flights to Antarctica is one of the few options to reach the place. Flying over the lonely glaciers in the midst of snowfalls, dolphins, seals and frozen air is simply inexpressibly wonderful. Antarctica flights include airplanes and helicopters. Due to snowfall, runways and pads must be under complete protection. Tour to Antarctica is an adventurous journey leaving aside all the discomforts, dangers and inconvenience. Still, Flights to Antarctica are tailor made in such a way that it suits all categories of people willing to travel Antarctica by air.
Almost all the research stations of Antarctica have their own airbases. In total, there are 20 small airports in Antarctica. The visitors of the place can enjoy sightseeing from the flights. The number of flights is not many, which operate in Antarctica. Only one flight is scheduled for the season in 2007-2008. The flight will fly on December 31, 2007, the New Year's Eve. However, for the 2008-2009 season more flights have been planned for catering to the rising demand of the visitors..
There are different distributions of classes in Antarctica flights, which are Business Class Deluxe, Business Class Centre, First Class, Economy Class Standard, Economy Class Centre Economy Class Premium, and Business Class Restricted View. The seats in the flights to Antarctica are full length, spacious for sleeping. All seats will be full length sleeper seats. It is the opportunity for the passengers of the first class to have a full time view over ice. Antarctica Flights start taking off from UK, USA, Australia and many other places. Qantas 747 'Overflys' are there from Australia and there are private charters from Phil Askar. Generally, these flights are for sightseeing and not for landing.
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