Just a flight away

My #TidyTuesday contribution this week is a chance to acknowledge how hard it was being “Just a flight away” during the pandemic

Author

Affiliation

Cara Thompson

Building Stories with Data

Published

July 15, 2022

This summer, we finally made it back to France, where my parents live, after a long two and a half years. My #TidyTuesday contribution this week is a chance to acknowledge how hard it was being “Just a flight away” during that time 💙

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💻 github.com/cararthompson/tidytuesdays

Plot entitled 'Just a flight away' showing the sudden drop in the number of flights arriving at Paris CDG at the start of the Pandemic.

The white line graph against a sky-blue background is made to resemble the lines left by planes in the sky. The line drops suddenly in April 2020 and slowly makes its way back towards the bottom of its initial range mid 2022.

The text reads:

The number of flights arriving at Paris Charles De Gaulle went from an average of over 650 a day to 43 at the start of April 2020. Suddenly, being “just a flight away” was no source of comfort. This simple graph is an ode to the friends and families who found themselves unpredictably separated during the pandemic.

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For attribution, please cite this work as:

Thompson, Cara. 2022. “Just a Flight Away.” July 15, 2022. https://www.cararthompson.com/posts/2022-07-15-this-summer-we-finally-made/.