United Airlines recently began servicing flights from Washington DC to Beijing. À¯³ªÀÌÆ¼µå Ç×°øÀº ÃÖ±Ù º£ÀÌ¡¿¡¼­ ¿ö½ÌÅÏ DC¿¡¼­ ¿îÇ× ¼­ºñ½º¸¦ ½ÃÀÛÇß´Ù. For most fliers this type of news is at best a side note in a busy day of news about Àü´ÜÁö ´º½ºÀÇ ´ëºÎºÐÀÌ À¯Çü¿¡ ´ëÇÑ ´º½ºÀÇ ¹Ù»Û ÇÏ·ç Ãø¸é¿¡¼­ ¸Þ¸ð¿¡ ´ëÇØ¼­´Â ÃÖ°í war ÀüÀï , terrorism Å×·¯ , or , ¶Ç´Â basketball ³ó±¸ . For À» À§ÇØ airline ¡°geeks¡± Ç×°ø»ç "±«Â¥" however, this is an opportunity to hop on the plane and be a part of this (minor) historical moment. ±×·¯³ª, À̰ÍÀÌ ºñÇà±â¿¡ ÈüÇÕÇÏ´Â ±âȸÀ̸çÀÌ (¹Ì¼º³âÀÚÀÇ ÇÑ ºÎºÐ) ¿ª»çÀûÀÎ ¼ø°£.

Most airline geeks don¡¯t even leave the airport - Andrew Gibbon (pictured) will fly around 7,000 miles and not even leave the airport when he arrives. ´ëºÎºÐÀÇ Ç×°ø»ç¿¡µµ ±«Â¥ 7õ¸¶ÀÏ ÁÖÀ§¸¦ ºñÇà¿¡µµ ¶°³ªÁö ¾ÊÀ» °øÇ× °øÇ× - ¾Øµå·ù ±äÆÈ ¿ø¼þÀÌ (»çÁø)ÀÌ ¿ÔÀ» ¶§ ¶°³ªÁö ¸»¾Æ¿ä. Aside from frequent flier miles (Gibbons has redeemed thousands) there is no other substantial gain. ¿·À¸·Î (±âºì½º¸¦ ¼öõ ¸¶ÀÏ ¶³¾îÁø °÷¿¡¼­ ȯ¼ö°¡ ÀÚÁÖ Àü´Ü) ´Ù¸¥ ½ÇÁúÀûÀÎ À̵æÀÔ´Ï´Ù. Instead of taking a few days off to go to Cancun, he takes a flight half way around the world. ´ë½Å Ä­Äï¿¡ °¡¼­ ¸î Àϰ£ ÈÞ°¡¸¦°¡´Â Áß, ±×°¡ ¼¼°è ÀÏÁÖ ºñÇàÀ» Àý¹Ý °É¸³´Ï´Ù. (Don¡¯t forget United miles expire every ¸ðµç ¸¸·á ÀØÁö ¾ÊÀ» À¯³ªÀÌÆ¼µå ¸¶ÀÏ (¸¶ 18 months 18 °³¿ù if you don¡¯t use them.) ¸¸¾à ´ç½ÅÀÌ ±×µéÀ» »ç¿ëÇÏÁö ¾Ê½À´Ï´Ù.)

Gibbons is part of a subspecies of frequent fliers who chase inaugural flights because they adore airlines, airplanes, even airports. ±âºì½º°¡ ÀÚÁÖ Àֱ⠶§¹®¿¡ Àü´ÜÁöÀÇ subspeciesÀÇ Ç×°ø»ç, ºñÇà±â, ½ÉÁö¾î °øÇ׿¡¼­ Ç×°øÆíÀ» Èì¸ð ´©°¡ ÂÑ¾Æ ÃëÀÓ ºÎºÐÀÔ´Ï´Ù.

With so many cheap ³Ê¹« ¸¹Àº ½Î±¸·Á flights Ç×°øÆí , vacations ÈÞ°¡ , and , ±×¸®°í tools µµ±¸ out there, why wouldn¡¯t you want to stay even if it is only for a day or two. ¹ÛÀÌ ¿Ö ¾È °è½Ç ¶§¸¸Çصµ ÇϷ糪 ÀÌÆ² ´õ ¿øÇÏ´Â °ÍÀÌ´Ù. You did fly all that way, who not? ¿©·¯ºÐ ¸ðµÎ ÀÌ·±½ÄÀ¸·Î, ¾î¶² »ç¶÷ÀÌ ¾Æ´Ï¶ó ³¯¾ÒÁö?

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