And you get to send an hour or more during boarding, at one big airport, and another hour or so at the other end unloading. then you get on the smaller aircraft that actually fits on the runway where you want to go :shake: Time saved = 0 Fuel saved = 0

lol
did u see the airport compatibility paper?

airport expand from time to time

as for the carge plane, the biggest cargo jet in volume it holds at the moment is the airbus Beluga




http://www.airbustransport.com/
Beluga is ugly but it does the job well

that concept of Pelican still seems premateur

you didnt take the factor of how airport works...
one plane saves time compared to 2 planes
because this plane actualy smaller than 2 planes combined but holds almost 1/5 more than 747-400
and can carry more people than waiting for one airplane to leave for taxing and load another one

and do you have any proof that fuel saved = 0?
i dont think so
because you save alot of fuel

well of course, a pilot and a co-pilot. But it doesn't need two pilots and two co-pilots.

lol which plane needs 2 pilots and 2 co-pilots

What about making that cargo plane a slight amount smaller and using the lessened amount of wait for passenger compartments? 1000 passenger flights would really be an economic revolution.

who knows...
the Beluga looks like it can take on a 3 deck design...

but it is not long enuf to carry 1000 though

It's pretty wide and with 3 decks, or better yet with 4 if they can fit and still have room for luggage, they could fit a substantial amount on there. Plus, since it can carry the cargo it can, the weight of the passenger decks should be no problem for it. Also, the bigger the plane, the smoother the ride can potentially be.

actualy i dont know about this Beluga

aerodynamicaly speaking, it isnt going to give you a smooth ride
airplane's fuselage is suppose to be round to achieve the real aerodynamic
but beluga isnt really round
its got a big hump on its back which is modded and added from a A320

That could always be modified. Just get out the Beluga Dremel. Or get out the engineers, which will probably end up happening either way. Is the Beluga the biggest airplane (in terms of cubic capacity)?

civilian, yes

Beluga is already a modded plane
originated from A300

thats why its called the A300-600T

check this page out
http://www.airbustransport.com/examples.html