Timeline for Why is New York-London used in time measurement for aircraft?
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| S Mar 10, 2016 at 12:14 | history | edited | Simon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| S Mar 10, 2016 at 12:14 | history | suggested | Trang Oul | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Mar 9, 2016 at 21:22 | comment | added | reirab | It's also probably worth noting that, even now, it's one of the busiest long-haul routes in the world, if not the single busiest. Heathrow-JFK is the single busiest route with an endpoint in Europe by passenger volume and that's not even counting traffic between the other airports in NYC and London (i.e. Newark, LaGuardia, Gatwick, London City, etc.) London and NYC aren't really among the most heavily populated cities in the world, but they're both enormous business centers and also huge hubs for trans-Atlantic traffic. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 16:59 | vote | accept | SMS von der Tann | ||
| Mar 9, 2016 at 14:58 | comment | added | Jon Story | A very good point, Liverpool or Southampton to New York were both used in that way as far as I'm aware. | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 14:57 | comment | added | Jan Hudec | Also the Atlantic crossing was used to compete in performance between ships since 1830, so that route has tradition long predating aviation (though for ships departure was usually from Liverpool rather than London). | |
| Mar 9, 2016 at 13:47 | history | answered | Jon Story | CC BY-SA 3.0 |