Originally Posted by
chevvron
About 20 years ago, Heathrow to CDG took about 30 min in an A320. Trouble is there was also about 20 min taxying at both ends of the journey.
In 1939 the Air France coach from their terminal in the Dorchester Hotel, Park Lane, out to Croydon, was scheduled at ... 30 minutes. And at a time when coaches had a national maximum speed limit of 20 mph.