Requesting this feature.

I'm currently doing a playthrough with a large starting island + very large continents. Automated transport via aircraft would be a dream!

Cargo ships are soo slow to move, and they need to mine a ton of resources/fill a gigantic inventory space simply to break even on the spent fuel.

I am working on this, and I definitely want to implement this, but it is terribly complicated, I don't know when a first testable version will be ready...

But it's nice to hear people are interested in this feature :) I assume that you have volunteered for beta testing with your request ;)

Oh sure, gladly ;)

For everyones information: https://forums.factorio.com/viewtopic.php?f=190&t=89748