International Civil Aviation Day (December 7, 2025)
A Flight Into the Heart of Civil Aviation
ℹ️ What? It's a special day celebrating civil aviation: passenger planes, pilots, airports, and everything that allows people to travel the world.
👤 Who? Those who fly (more than four billion in 2024!) and those who keep them flying: pilots, flight attendants, mechanics, and so on.
🌍 Where? The day is celebrated all over the world by schools, airlines, and airports.
🕰️ When? Every year on December 7th.
❓ Why is it important? To remind us of the importance of aviation in our daily lives: traveling, connecting countries, transporting goods, and ensuring safety in the air.
🎯 For this activity, your goal will be to learn a little more about civil aviation and some airlines.
Your goal today!
Every year on December 7th, we celebrate International Civil Aviation Day!
It's a chance to discover the fascinating world of airplanes, pilots, and airlines that connect millions of people across the globe every day.
In this activity, you'll explore logos, special aircraft, cultural symbols, and some surprising facts and figures.
Ready to take off on an educational journey? ✈️
🎯 For this activity, your goal will be to learn a little more about civil aviation and some airlines.
The activity has three steps:
STEP 1 — Planes and Nations. You will match airline logos with their countries of origin.
STEP 2 — Style at 10,000 Meters High. You will discover some of the most unique planes in our skies.
STEP 3 — In-Flight Calculations. You will perform some quick calculations related to civil aviation.
Here's what the final result of your activity will look like. →
Let's go! →
STEP 1 — Planes and Nations
In this first step, you'll discover how airplanes can represent a country!
Many airlines use an animal, a color, or a symbol that's important to their nation in their logo.
By carefully observing these logos, you'll learn to recognize the origins of certain airlines and understand what these images reveal about each country's culture.
Ready to keep your eyes peeled? 👀✈️
Here are the logos of five airlines. Answer the questions below about these logos and airlines.
To help you, do a Google search using the following terms: AIRLINE LOGO and a keyword related to your question!
Let's take off! 🛫
Let's continue on the next page! →
STEP 1 — Planes and Nations (continued)
Some airlines are much easier to identify and connect to a home country than others!
Take Swiss International Air Lines, for example! It's quite easy! 😉
Can you answer the last three questions about this? 👀✈️
Are you done? Let's go to Step 2! →
STEP 2 — Style at 10,000 Meters High
In this step, you'll become a real visual arts detective… but in the sky!
Some airlines transform their planes into giant works of art: vibrant colors, famous figures, animals, surprising designs…
It's up to you to observe every detail to understand what these decorations mean. What do they tell us about a country, a culture, or a story? Keep your eyes wide open: art travels too! 👀✨✈️
Take a good look at the livery (that's sometimes the word used to describe the decoration of aircraft) of these planes. 👀
Which one do you think is the most original?
Let's continue on the next page! →
STEP 2 — Style at 10,000 Meters High (continued)
Let's go on!
Step 3 is waiting for you! →
STEP 3 — In-Flight Calculations
Did you know that the busiest flight is in Asia? It's the route between Seoul, the capital of South Korea, and Jeju Island (also in South Korea), which carried the most passengers in 2024.
Last year, 13.2 million passengers traveled on this route!
Answer these two questions about it!
You have landed! Have a look at your final result! →