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Three hours from SF/LA to Hawaii would have a ton of takers at a premium price even at coach class. It makes that trip doable for a long weekend.
by mikeryan 4y ago
Three hours from SF/LA to Hawaii would have a ton of takers at a premium price even at coach class. It makes that trip doable for a long weekend.
- arcticbull 4y agoAt just under 5 it already is, I know a few people who do it. Hawaii is a bad example because its very much a leisure market. They can barely make business class work with recliners let alone a Concorde replacement. That’s why they put their worst business class on the route. This will end up running LAX-JFK-LHR in my opinion.
- jfk13 4y agoWould they be allowed to go supersonic for LAX-JFK?
- krallja 4y agoNo, that route is over land.
- arcticbull 4y agoAh yes, I should have said 'I see a potential market for faster premium air travel on both the LAX-JFK legs and the JFK-LHR legs within the range of the Boom plane' - you are of course correct that they would not be able to fly LAX-JFK supersonic.
- wbl 4y agoBetween PA and LA there are not a lot of populated areas so strearing around them should be possible.
- krallja 4y ago14 CFR Part 91.817, in essence, prohibits anyone from operating a civil aircraft at a true flight Mach number greater than 1 over land in the United States and from a certain distance off shore where a boom could reach U.S. shores. https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/supersonic-flight https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/supersonic-flight