Lisbon Airport is turning away private jets inbound for the Web Summit(engadget.com)
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Lisbon Airport is turning away private jets inbound for the Web Summit
https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/the-lisbon-airport-is-turning-away-private-jets-inbound-for-the-web-summit-222136161.html
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Maybe there should be some sort of Uber type app here. Say super uber, which arranges the whole trip. Say you first get ride to somewhere. And then you are transferred to next leg of trip. And then after that is done, one or more legs to final destination. Some of these could be car rides, rikshaws, walking, even private yatchs or small scale sail-ships. Just imagine what would be possible with AI backend and LLM to automate whole thing!
If you use the TSA-free private terminal then you basically have Jet Suite X, its ok. The planes are old and there is nothing in the terminal if you do get stuck waiting so its not really amazing.
Lmk when the app launches, will beta test if for free.
Gee and I was hoping it was a political decision.
The funniest thing here is how very convenient Lisbon Airport is for the convention centre they're using. People coming in on commercial jets have a 15 minute journey by public transport/walking or 10 minute drive there. Meanwhile, the private jet people have a two hour drive. A small price to pay, I suppose.
The Cannes Film festival has the same problem. Flying in to your yacht on some tiny private airport. Those people could wait hours to get a spot
Seems like there's a business model here -- create a company that owns large aircraft and have some kind of booking engine that lets people book seats on those airplanes. Maybe have those planes travel on a fixed schedule to let people plan travel in advance.