September 5, 2018: Maybe — Zunum Aero expects to boost regional travel with new “hybrid-electric” planes — using a similar technology that run Prius and Tesla’s — and provide service from smaller under used airports. The joint Boeing-Jet Blue venture (with 100 planes in the order pipeline) will be operated by a private company called “Jet Suite” and plans to be in the air by 2022. Airport turn around times could be as little as ten minutes — with batteries changed quickly — and down time minimized. Hopefully travel prices with come down and travel convenience go up?
