Fuel costs, transatlantic, WIGE (Ekranoplans) and the future...
I rather hope that this thread will offer the boffins amongst us some exercise...
The Wing In Ground Effect (WIGE) or Ekranoplan has many benefits, but many drawbacks too. I'm interested, as an educated outsider (that is, I've never flown one), in whether it offers an efficient ocean crossing potential in terms of load carried versus fuel consumed, assuming typical WIGE speeds, and that all the problems could be ironed out.