> In other parts of the world, however, with functioning long-distance public transport, this aircraft will have a hard time. Agreed, but I’d add that high fun

> In other parts of the world, however, with functioning long-distance public transport, this aircraft will have a hard time. Agreed, but I’d add that high functioning public transport often isn’t economical in areas of low population density or high geographical difficulty. For example, electric planes could be really useful for hopping and the Irish Sea and the Scottish Highlands & Islands. Theoretically bridges/tunnels with trains could do the same job but in practice the journey volumes make it hard to justify the capex required to build them.