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I thought noise was the issue with commercial supersonic flight not economics.

• xani_ 4y ago
  Both. Noise limits where you can go, and that limits who will want the service.
• ghaff 4y ago
  Noise is an issue for overland flying (which of course affects the economic viability of a supersonic aircraft). But even if you assume there's a viable transatlantic market for supersonic flight, you probably can't charge all that huge a premium over business/first. If your premium has to be 2x to 3x, I doubt you have a market. Handwaving away noise issues with supersonic flight over land gets you closer to something viable. But you still need economics that aren't that different from an all business-class subsonic. (And my understanding is that British Airways had trouble making all business work on the London to New York route.
  • NovemberWhiskey 4y ago
    >And my understanding is that British Airways had trouble making all business work on the London to New York route. I don't know - the all-business class A318 service from London City to JFK ran from 2009 to 2020 and was up to two flights a day for a significant part of that time. I guess it was really Covid that killed it.
    • ghaff 4y ago
      Fair enough. Although that is also obviously not a run-of-the-mill city pair.