Airbus A340 plane lands on Antarctica for first time

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16 pointsdgudkov5 comments

How does one get a concession to operate like this in Antarctica? Or do you even need one considering its not a traditional sovereign area? Some brief reading on Wikipedia suggests that tourism operations down there are allowed and they effectively self regulate themselves.

https://antarctic-logistics.com/about-ale/our-company/

Looks like they’re self regulated by the International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators http://www.iaato.org/

Some governments might place further restrictions on what their citizens can do on Antarctica.

The most fascinating part of this to me is that there's now a "resort" in Antarctica!

I can't wait for the new flat earth conspiracies this will bring about.

There are multiple. White Desert operates a “luxury” resort, Antarctic Logistics & Expeditions offers another.

Both of these companies offer regular flights to Antarctica, not on A340s because there’s no point and there aren’t many clients crazy enough to insist on flying in with their VIP-configuration A340s.

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