The future of flying could be no lines and $25 Boston-New York fares

Because the Transportation Security Administration imposes fewer regulations on smaller aircraft, passengers on Zunum Aero planes would likely be able to skip long security lines. Elaine Thompson/AP

By The Boston Globe

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Imagine taking your next trip of a couple hundred miles. Boston to New York City, for example. Or Houston to Dallas. Tampa to Miami.

The obvious choice now might be to drive. But what if you could show up at an airport at one of those cities, bypass security, board a small hybrid-electric plane with luggage in hand, and be on the ground at your destination in about an hour — all for $25 each way?

A company called Zunum Aero hopes to make that a reality, so that future travelers who normally take a car, bus, or train for regional trips won’t think twice about flying. The Washington-state-based start-up says that since 2013, it has been developing a fleet of hybrid-electric planes that would make those kinds of inexpensive, short-haul flights possible.

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