What is turn around time to charge batteries? Once they dump the toilets, pick up the litter, reload the refreshments, and board the passengers, can they still get a 45 minute turnaround to get back in the air?
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I doubt it. It will be uneconomical, they will have not have the turnaround time and will be limited on distance. Anybody run the real numbers on this, guess not.
“What is turn around time to charge batteries? Once they dump the toilets, pick up the litter, reload the refreshments, and board the passengers, can they still get a 45 minute turnaround to get back in the air?”
I doubt it unless they have removable batteries that are rotated. Even then..it’s a long shot.
Yep, airlines (esp. “regional”) are all about “turn & burn” for 16 hours+ per day...if not “hot swappable” batteries then they will be running the planes in “hybrid mode” (jet fuel turbo shaft electric generators running). Sounds like an “ESG”/virtue signaling play/ploy by the airlines...”hey, look, we are doing something!!”.