It could work, but only if you de-content the security/check-in process.
Carry-on baggage only, minimal security process, etc. Make it so that it's 15 min from your car until boarding. Like a train.
Funny guy.
Have you considered a career in stand-up?
Lol, my understanding is that air travel was like that - pre 9/11. It'll never be that way again, and frankly, as much as I hate the hassle of going through security and whatnot, I am not sure I'd feel comfortable getting on a plane with 'minimal security' either.
My point was, if it takes 2 hours to travel 200kms by car (okay, I get that traffic in the GTA could extend that to 3 hours, but let's assume for argument's sake that you can travel 200kms in 2 hrs), then if an electric plane with 200kms of range is going to economically work, it needs to get you there in less overall time, which includes travel time to the airport, check-in, boarding, take-off, transit, landing, debarkation, then travel time to your ultimate destination.
No idea how fast these ES-30's will go, but they appear to have a shape similar to a dash 8, which for the sake of argument, a Dash 8-100 has a cruise speed of 500 km/h. AT cruising speed, it could cover 200kms in 24 min, but not the entire flight is at cruising speed, so let's increase that time to 30-min to account for the lower take-off and landing speeds. We'll assume that it operates at smaller airports (like Toronto City Centre), so 5 minutes at each end to taxi to/from the gate, total moving time of 40-min. Plane capacity is approx. 30 passengers, so let's assume 10 minutes to board and 5 minutes to deplane at the destination. Now we're at 55 minutes. 55 minutes on a plane vs 2 hours in a car is worth it to some business travellers, BUT the security process would need to be minimal (like, 5-10 minutes) to make it actually worthwhile. A traveller should be reasonably confident of arriving at the airport 15-20 minutes before their actual flight, and still be able to board the plane and get to their destination.
If you're required to arrive at the airport 1 - 1.5hrs before your flight as is the current standard, spend 20 minutes going through security, then an hour waiting in a chair until your flight is ready to board, it takes ALL the convenience out of it.