Flying is easily the fastest way to travel long 1 . A ship can sail across the Atlantic in three and a half weeks. The Concorde, flying faster than ship, can cross it in three and a half hours; one problem with flying is that 2 are often a long way from city centers. To go downtown by car or bus can make the 3 time much longer. Some cities are building airports much closer in. These are 4 for new quiet planes which can take off from and land on short. Flying is an expensive way of 5 goods.