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Their wordsSurprisingly, fuel consumption per passenger mile would be lower in a Celera 500 than in a 737. The larger the fuselage, the harder it is to achieve the same drag reduction.
Our reading
What air travellers actually value is door-to-door time, and public policy tends not to measure it.
Their wordsReduction in door-to-door travel time is king. Public policy may not keep this in mind.
Our reading
The constraint on point-to-point air travel is runway and tarmac capacity, not room in the sky.
Their wordsThere is much more space in the air than on the airport tarmac. Our current hub and spoke system means some hub airports operate near runway capacity already.