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Electric Flights Available to General Public at Maastricht Aachen Airport

12 points by Gys 2y ago

Gys 2y ago
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leonheld 2y ago
Lovely, but the RE18 and Euroregio trains are wonderful, comfortable and cheap. And will drop you smack down in the city center of Aachen, Liège and Maastricht.
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NeoTar 2y ago
For anyone lacking European geography knowledge, the airports involved are very close - Maastricht Aachen airport to Liege Airport is a 40 minute (49km, 30mile) drive.
crote 2y ago
Note that this is literally a publicity stunt. The flights offered are 30-40km (19-24mi) straight-line distance, and they are intentionally calling it an "experience". It's one person, no luggage, and only available for two months. Maastricht has an once-per-hour train service to Liege which takes 30 minutes, and a twice-per-hour train service to Aachen which takes 50 minutes. The same can be done by car in 25 minutes and 45 minutes. Take into account travel to/from the airport, and it takes longer than just going by car or train.
- Gys 2y ago
  I totally agree. But for the full picture, transport in a 15 km radius is included. I guess this is interesting for high paid jobs traveling frequently between these cities.
- user568439 2y ago
  I think of it more like a demo and also a way to gather data while allocating the costs to the tourist.
xnx 2y ago
Seems like a cool tech demo. It would be more interesting if it were a more exotic form of electric aircraft (e.g. drone like), but I'd still try it if the price were right. Does anyone have the price? I wasn't keen on installing the .apk directly from their site.
- Gys 2y ago
  I read the price is around 120 euro and 160 for return. Incl transport in a 15 km radius from the airports.
- cnntth 2y ago
  "What is the price for an experience? The price for a single trip will be €120,00. The price for a return trip will be €160,00. This is part of the total cost price based on the EASA cost-sharing principle." From the website's FAQ
  - trueismywork 2y ago
    That's huge. I can fly to US 20 times in that cost..
    - senkora 2y ago
      The comma is a decimal point
Kim_Bruning 2y ago
Requires an app to reserve a flight. Wat?

12 points by Gys 2y ago

Gys 2y ago

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Lovely, but the RE18 and Euroregio trains are wonderful, comfortable and cheap. And will drop you smack down in the city center of Aachen, Liège and Maastricht.

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NeoTar 2y ago

For anyone lacking European geography knowledge, the airports involved are very close - Maastricht Aachen airport to Liege Airport is a 40 minute (49km, 30mile) drive.

crote 2y ago

Note that this is literally a publicity stunt. The flights offered are 30-40km (19-24mi) straight-line distance, and they are intentionally calling it an "experience". It's one person, no luggage, and only available for two months. Maastricht has an once-per-hour train service to Liege which takes 30 minutes, and a twice-per-hour train service to Aachen which takes 50 minutes. The same can be done by car in 25 minutes and 45 minutes. Take into account travel to/from the airport, and it takes longer than just going by car or train.

Gys 2y ago
I totally agree. But for the full picture, transport in a 15 km radius is included. I guess this is interesting for high paid jobs traveling frequently between these cities.
user568439 2y ago
I think of it more like a demo and also a way to gather data while allocating the costs to the tourist.

xnx 2y ago

Seems like a cool tech demo. It would be more interesting if it were a more exotic form of electric aircraft (e.g. drone like), but I'd still try it if the price were right. Does anyone have the price? I wasn't keen on installing the .apk directly from their site.

Gys 2y ago
I read the price is around 120 euro and 160 for return. Incl transport in a 15 km radius from the airports.
cnntth 2y ago
"What is the price for an experience? The price for a single trip will be €120,00. The price for a return trip will be €160,00. This is part of the total cost price based on the EASA cost-sharing principle." From the website's FAQ
- trueismywork 2y ago
  That's huge. I can fly to US 20 times in that cost..
  - senkora 2y ago
    The comma is a decimal point

Kim_Bruning 2y ago

Requires an app to reserve a flight. Wat?