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From the article: "One economic analyst and trainspotter said night trains will never disappear because planes will never be allowed to fly at night." lol :-(

• tpmx 6y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_flying_restrictions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_flying_restrictions Night flight restrictions are quite common in Europe. Not for all airports though. I don't think Stockholm/Arlanda has such a restriction - it's located in the middle of nowhere for a reason.
  • mig39 6y ago
    Oh wow! The reason I thought it was funny is because I visit Europe every summer, and I always have a night flight. Leaving Canada before midnight, and arriving in Europe just in time for breakfast. I guess a better way to put it would be no landing or taking off at night :-)
    • tpmx 6y ago
      Yeah, I don't really have any firm data, but I think the reason most most flights from/to Europe are scheduled the way they are.. is because of this.
• realityking 6y ago
  > They don't have night flights in Europe? Only very few. Part of it is because of night time flight restrictions at any airport near a population center (which are generally the airports that could support flights at odd hours). For example, Heathrow is severely restricted between 23:30 and 6:00. Frankfurt is restricted between 23:00 and 5:00. The other part of it is that the distances involve are relatively short. London to Paris is 1.5h. London to Berlin 2h. Even London to Moscow is less than 4.5h. It’s almost impossible to have an actual overnight journey like you can have flying from New York to San Francisco.