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It always seemed weird to me that the Concorde was a British-French thing whose chief routes was between London, New York, and Paris. I would have thought there
by kobeya 9y ago
It always seemed weird to me that the Concorde was a British-French thing whose chief routes was between London, New York, and Paris. I would have thought there'd be huge demand for the long-haul flights across hemispheres, between northern cities like London, New York, Tokyo and Syndney, Johannesburg, etc.
- jacques_chester 9y agoLondon and NYC are the financial capitals of the world. Concorde made a lot of sense for that route.
- kobeya 9y agoApparently not.
- jacques_chester 9y agoDemand slumped after the 2000 crash, September 11 greatly diminished air travel of all kinds. They were expensive aircraft to fly, so once the premium route became quieter, it wasn't economical.
- isostatic 9y agoThere was then the Paris crash, and the increasing maintenence cost of an old plane. Had Paris not happened I suspect it would have hung on until 2008, but the added age would have meant 08 would have finished it off.
- ghaff 9y agoThere was a London to Singapore (via Bahrain) flight for a few years. But, in addition to having various restrictions because of noise (and not just over the US), the Concorde had a max range of about 4500 miles. So,it couldn't do a trans-Pacific route without refueling--which would negate most of the time advantage.