Madrid - Barcelona (504.64 air km or 313.5 air miles) in 2:30h, and often just 2:15h (they give a longer time due to a delay over 15min means they've to refund 50% of the ticket.
Agree, I once had a trip door to door between Berlin Prenzlauer Berg and Haidhausen (Munich‘s Prenzlauer Berg...) in 3 hours and 10 minutes. Everything worked beautifully and by chance I hopped between different modes of public transport in no time... Compare that to a trip from London‘s city center via Heathrow. In 3 hours you might just have worked your way to entering the plane.
The U.S. is a huge country and most people have little desire to sit in a cattle-car (airplane) for 8-12 hours. A 12 hour drive to Florida is much more palatable for most people than a 12 hour plane ride to a country where they don't speak the language (typically.)
Sounds like someone who doesn’t live in a country that’s further than 3 hours across.
I gotta be somewhere. Takes 10 hours to get there by car. I’m flying. 1h45. Plus transport to airport and security I’m still at 1/2 the amount of time.
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