I regularly fly between GSP and CLT. The pilot today said that the flight was 14 minutes (not true; it’s 25-30 minutes). But most of the trip time is on the ground anyway.

Flights from GSP usually land at the opposite side of the airport: on the A terminal side and, to make it worse, on a runway far away from the airport. So the plane has to drive from the distant runway all the way to near the A terminal, and then it has to drive all around the airport to the E terminal.

If AA flights will land at the distant runway near the A terminal, why doesn’t AA get some gates there? (I’ve taken an AA flight from the A concourse.). 15-20 minutes per flight, driving around the airport, is inefficient.

I’ve been reading about the bus between PHL and ABE and ACY. If AA could start a bus in downtown Greenville, stopping in the Greenville suburbs, and then driving to CLT and letting people off on the post-security side of the airport, it would be faster than flying. There’s also a Norfolk Southern/Amtrak line that goes right by the airport: a train to the plane might also be useful.

Thanks.