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Man If I could fly (rocket?) to AUS from the UK in a handful of hours I'd be all over that vs. the 24+ hour flights + connections. Sure it doesn't make sense fo
by deadbunny 5y ago
Man If I could fly (rocket?) to AUS from the UK in a handful of hours I'd be all over that vs. the 24+ hour flights + connections. Sure it doesn't make sense for all routes but for super long distance I can see it being competitive for some section of the market.
- pmontra 5y agoI'd do that too, but I keep my point that it's not for everyone in the same way that a flight is. Babies, old people, pets. They can fly to space (untested for babies AFAIK) but is it advisable? I think that there will be a market for 27 hours long flights to Australia even after starships. We'll wait and see.
- midasuni 5y ago27 hours of travelling in a first class suite isn’t that bad
- avmich 5y ago8 days of traveling USA to Europe by ship could be nice, but markets largely killed that.
- pintxo 5y agoPeople able to afford first class are mostly time constraint, not money constraint. If you offer something using only 1/10 the time, they will buy it.
- midasuni 5y agoBut they didn’t with Concorde. There are more first class seats across the Atlantic (well pre covid) than Concorde, but the latter failed to be as profitable, and super sonic business jets aren’t a thing.
- pintxo 5y agoAfaik, Concord was run profitable. But due to noise protection regulation on both sides of the Atlantic, there where not enough profitable routes available to be able to recoup development costs.