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Question
Give geographical reason.
IDL is proving to be very useful in today’s times.
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Solution
- The IDL brings coordination between international airlines, transportation services, economic and trade activities.
- The IDL has been carved out of the necessity of coordinating time and date.
- It is also important in today’s modern era and rapidly happening global developments.
- We can keep a track of all the calculations of a day and time accurately with the help of IDL in case of global transportation especially, with respect to airways.
- It is only because of the IDL that the schedules of the traffic worldwide are organised properly.
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