The partnerships validate what industry insiders have observed: that island-rich regions like Southeast Asia and India’s extensive coastline offer ideal conditions for ground-effect craft deployment. These areas often struggle with connectivity challenges where conventional ferries are too slow, and aircraft operations are either impractical or expensive.
ekranoplan would like a word.
Yes, yes, not commercial.
Exactly.
I have a hard time with this claim, since GE craft were de riguer in 60’s movie as hi-tech.
Still interesting, I’d like to see the financial projections - gotta be major costs to build/setup, and some interesting risk metrics.
I’ve often thought these would be great to move people from Chicago to various places along the lakeshore.