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Every other country requires passports for air travel. We're doing fine.
by Grue3 11y ago
Every other country requires passports for air travel. We're doing fine.
- beeboop 11y agoI am not sure how true this is, but even if it were, I would assume you're largely referring to European countries, where the nature of air travel is very different. In most of Europe you cannot get on a plane and fly in any direction for more than an hour or two and not wind up in a different country. Hence people who fly are overwhelmingly going to have a passport if it's needed (especially if you factor in that many European countries have excellent high speed rail for intra-country travel), and therefore this barrier is not much of an issue.
- ovi256 11y agoMeanwhile, in this universe, travel inside the Schengen area (which covers an impressive chunk of Europe) does not require a passport, but any kind of national ID, regardless how many borders it crosses. Coincidentally, it's the same as for internal air travel.
- beeboop 11y agoI guessed as much, thanks.
- ibmthrowaway218 11y agoDomestic flights within the UK don't require passports (although the airlines may require some form of ID to be presented in order to get boarding passes).
- rmc 11y agoNo, many European countries have national ID cards and you can fly between some EU countries using only that, not your passport.