Comment by kube-system
1 day ago
For a single person going between two major metro areas, for sure.
But a lot of the working poor have families and travel to/from places that aren't major metro areas, and this can change the math really fast.
1 day ago
For a single person going between two major metro areas, for sure.
But a lot of the working poor have families and travel to/from places that aren't major metro areas, and this can change the math really fast.
No one is arguing the working poor exclusively fly, the point is there are plenty of people who do fly for whom the fee is significant.
I know. I was simply disputing the idea that ~600+ mile flights are cheaper than driving. They only are in very specific circumstances.
I would not describe travelling alone as "very specific circumstances." It is extremely common. 70% of all car trips are solo, and the average number of occupants for all car trips is 1.5. That you can get more bang for your buck driving if you have enough passengers and luggage doesn't change the fact plenty of people don't.
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And even if there is an airport, it costs a lot more to fly into a small captive airport. For instance my parents live in South GA where the local airport has three commercial flights a day all on Delta and all fly to and from ATL
Yeah, that's part of what I'm getting at. Smaller airports can be much more expensive and lack options for transportation to the final destination. For exurb or rural destinations a rental car may be required.