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Both because it did not have enough range and because it went out of production before airlines in Asia, Australia, or the Americas could buy it. Air France and
by gok 6y ago
Both because it did not have enough range and because it went out of production before airlines in Asia, Australia, or the Americas could buy it. Air France and British Airways can not legally fly routes like Seattle -> Tokyo or Sydney -> Seoul.
- rkangel 6y ago> Air France and British Airways can not legally fly routes like Seattle -> Tokyo or Sydney -> Seoul Can you explain more about this? I assumed those routes were just ones that were only of interest to the more local carriers.
- gok 6y agoThe laws around this are very complicated but generally airlines are not allowed to operate flights that operate between two non-home countries unless it's part of a larger route that originates in home country. This would be called a 7th freedom flight, and outside of the EU almost no countries have a deal like this. (See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoms_of_the_air https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoms_of_the_air )
- cjrp 6y ago> Air France and British Airways can not legally fly routes like Seattle -> Tokyo or Sydney -> Seoul. Wouldn't those be covered under the fifth freedom[1], assuming the flight originated in the airline's home country. E.g. BA flying London -> Seattle -> Tokyo. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoms_of_the_air#Fifth_freedom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedoms_of_the_air#Fifth_free...
- gok 6y agoWell Concorde couldn't make it to Seattle from London, so it would have had to do like London -> New York -> (subsonically) Seattle -> Tokyo which would have been a pretty hard sell I think. Plus the Seattle -> Tokyo route in particular would have required a next generation plane.