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There are many reasons why Boeing and Airbus have not entered the supersonic market, the most important being that there is simply very limited appetite for sup
by robjan 11y ago
There are many reasons why Boeing and Airbus have not entered the supersonic market, the most important being that there is simply very limited appetite for supersonic travel other than for novelty purposes. It's much more economical to build big, subsonic airliners but increase the comfort and level of service.
- busterarm 11y agoThe Concorde is the most uncomfortably small aircraft that I've ever been aboard. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone over 5'9"/180lbs...though I guess that's a non-issue now (except for as a museum attraction).
- ghaff 11y agoMy dad flew it once because he got "bumped up" from First class on the flight he normally took. His reaction was more or less "meh." First on the 747 was more comfortable and arriving a few hours earlier meant he had to grab dinner in London when he arrived rather than having a nice meal in First on the plane.
- imglorp 11y agoIt seems to be a race to the bottom if anything. People like to complain but really they want cheap. The market has spoken. http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2016/02/bottom-class?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/bottomoftheclassamericasairlinesareintroducingaclassbeloweconomy http://www.economist.com/blogs/gulliver/2016/02/bottom-class...