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Commercial passenger planes can generally only lift off and on at dedicated facilities, though.
by tmtvl 2mo ago
Commercial passenger planes can generally only lift off and on at dedicated facilities, though.
- jryle70 2mo agoSo both can coexist? what's the issue? Why does HN waste energy on pointless pissing contests?
- tmtvl 2mo agoYep, both can coexist perfectly well, in fact rail + flight + water + cycling should be good enough to account for the vast majority of mobility requirements.
- 7952 2mo agoThose facilities can be much more modest and can scale up and down depending on location. Particularly for smaller short haul aircraft.
- pkulak 2mo agoMaybe. But they can almost never be in places where people actually need to be; like central cities.
- 7952 2mo agoBut possibly closer to where a lot of people live (towns and suburbs) and able to be more flexible to where they might want to go. Such as having direct flights to a coastal holiday destination rather than needing to connect through a city centre.