The team has yet to decide a final route, but they are looking at areas where many people
fly over short distances or drive several hundred miles to their destination.
Not exact matches
The firm's CEO Andreas Raptopoulos is building an internet for stuff, which can transport small items
over short distances using
flying drones.
At a little
over 8,100 miles in length the route is still almost 1,000 miles
short of the current longest route (Auckland — Doha operated by Qatar Airways) but this still a significant
distance to
fly.
The Los Angeles flight takes longer despite the
shorter distance due to headwinds
over the Pacific Ocean, while the Newark flight takes the polar route, which allows it to
fly faster.
In Europe, in both the work and leisure contexts, women travel by car less frequently and
over shorter distances, use smaller, energy - saving cars and
fly considerably less frequently than men.