As wacky as this seems, this makes a ton of sense the more that I think about it, specifically for smaller regional airports that are less than a 2-hr drive from a larger airport.
If your origin or destination is anywhere aside from a major city, there’s a lot of value in starting your trip at a closer regional airport. You get the small-airport TSA treatment, which is always faster than major city airports. The terminal itself is going to be considerably better-appointed than virtually any bus terminal (commerce, staffing, accessibility, etc). No need to travel between a bus and airport terminal if it’s all in the same building. Ticketing works along-side existing systems, as well as baggage-handling. And a bus requires a hell of a lot less fuel than a jet, making it a more eco-friendly option as well.
People better at modeling than me could probably build a graph of time and feature benefits for air and bus travel, which I’d imagine would show bang-for-buck on buses being superior (despite their speed and moderate prestige) for trips or travel-legs less than 150 miles or so. Any destination or hop further than that would probably make more sense for a plane.
WITAF… I’ve never even heard of this. What a terrible, horrible joke.
It’s insane to go through TSA for a bus. I can’t believe a person would do that on purpose.
It’s a requirement, as you board / unload on the airside. The one upside is you can do security at a smaller airport like Allentown, bus to a bigger airport like Philly, and unload airside to transfer to a jet.
If my flight was actually a bus I don’t know what I would do. It sounds so insane.
I mean, assuming it’s the same time, or less, or gets you closer to your destination (in some cases), what does it matter? Looks to be more comfortable seats and equivalent amenities. Do people somehow feel “cheated” because they’re not flying?
