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Not to mention, $/kg for cargo (air freight currently) is quite a bit higher than passenger flying.

• protomyth 10y ago
  So, instead of transporting passengers, they go for the more profitable and easier to handle cargo. I am not confident that they will circle back to passengers given the different facilities that are required for people versus cargo.
  • ghaff 10y ago
    Unless you're being sarcastic, "more profitable" cargo? Yes, in the sense that cargo rail is profitable and passenger service is not. But certainly not in terms of pound of thing moved. Cargo rail (and shipping) is profitable because it's such a cost effective way to move high volume and high weight materials that aren't time sensitive.
    • protomyth 10y ago
      I didn't think I wrote that with the ambiguity that you are reading into it. Cargo is cheaper to handle and more profitable than human transport. They realized this and moving into the high speed delivery of cargo. FedEx built a business off low weight, time sensitive delivery. [edit: also note jonnycowboy's comment that I was replying to]