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Expected fuel burn per passenger is minimum 3x a ‘normal’ business class seat on a modern plane: https://theicct.org/news/reviving-supersonic-flight-significant
by robin_reala 6y ago
Expected fuel burn per passenger is minimum 3x a ‘normal’ business class seat on a modern plane: https://theicct.org/news/reviving-supersonic-flight-significant-harmful-environmental-consequences https://theicct.org/news/reviving-supersonic-flight-signific...
Either way, it’s fairly obscene.
- dzhiurgis 6y agoWhile fuel cost is minor part of total flight cost (most is staff + depreciation), I wonder how much will be saved by a good satellite network. Being able to work on a plane at some point starts to pay itself off.
- nemetroid 6y agoFuel costs accounted for 23.7% of airline operating expenses in 2019 [1], I think that's more than a minor part - especially if you triple it. 1: https://www.iata.org/contentassets/ebdba50e57194019930d72722413edd4/fact-sheet-fuel.pdf https://www.iata.org/contentassets/ebdba50e57194019930d72722...