The future of flight: Still a pain, but less so
It's 2039, and a major
merger in the global corporate world is on the verge of being closed.
The head of a Fortune
500 company is ready to seal the deal, but he needs to be in Beijing as quickly
as possible.
In the past, going
from New York City to Beijing would take the better part of a day; but by 2039,
flying halfway around the world has changed. Now, thanks to planes flying
faster at just short of supersonic levels, what was once a 13-hour journey has
become a seven-hour flight.
Henry Harteveldt,
travel industry analyst at Atmosphere Research Group, envisions this
possibility in 25 years.
"This would
obviously be very expensive and intended for the folks whom time is
money," Harteveldt said. "But in 25 years this may become more economically
viable."
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