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* Captive market of people sitting in the airplane shopping mall for hours. * Extra charges for everything. Compare airplane boarding with simply boarding a t
by mmphosis 7y ago
* Captive market of people sitting in the airplane shopping mall for hours.
* Extra charges for everything.
Compare airplane boarding with simply boarding a train in Switzerland / Europe: You get on the train. If you miss the train, you get on the next one. Air travel was like this a long time ago, and still is for short-haul flights, and short-haul fleets are going all electric.
I think fast electric rail is here [in Europe and China/Japan/Korea] and is the future. Hopefully flying will be reduced, but for now, airplane boarding is ridiculous.
- sokoloff 7y ago> short-haul fleets are going all electric. There is literally not a single passenger service nor airline sized electric airplane in the world. “are going” is significantly premature at a minimum.
- mmphosis 7y agoI am talking about short-haul flights where boarding is almost as easy as getting on the train. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/scotlands-orkney-islands-may-see-electric-plane-service-by-2021/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/10/scotlands-orkney... https://www.harbourair.com/harbour-air-and-magnix-partner-to-build-worlds-first-all-electric-airline/ https://www.harbourair.com/harbour-air-and-magnix-partner-to... http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180814-norways-plan-for-a-fleet-of-electric-planes http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180814-norways-plan-for-a-...
- sokoloff 7y agoIn round numbers, how many of those ultra-short-haul passenger flights are flying electric today? I think the answer is a perfectly round number.