Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since the 1960s? (2009)

Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by ghaff on Monday February 10, 2025 @05:25PM (#43006081)

I worked for someone once (pre-9/11) who would do the go to airport 30 minutes before flight sort of thing. Absolutely hated it. Airport was close to downtown Boston but still not how I like to catch planes even if delays are rarely an issue.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by Muromec on Monday February 10, 2025 @06:45PM (#43006828)

When I lived in Kyiv and airports were still a thing, flying from Zhuliany was a bliss. Something like 30 minutes from the apartment door to sitting at the gate. The fact that it's small and in city limits was a deciding factor.

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by selimthegrim on Monday February 10, 2025 @10:01PM (#43008453)

What did you think of Boryspil?

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Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ... by Muromec on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @04:35AM (#43010772)

Boryspil' is twice the distance from the city center (whatever you pick for city center in Kyiv) and is quite nice and modern airport with all the problems of a big modern airport -- it's huge, lines are long and unpredictable and it doubles as a mall.

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