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I strongly agree. I fly a lot, far more than the average person. So I have a lot of preferences for which plane I'm sitting on. Not surprisingly, it is origina

I strongly agree. I fly a lot, far more than the average person. So I have a lot of preferences for which plane I'm sitting on. Not surprisingly, it is originally from Bombardier. The US, no the world, desperately needs more competition and other plane builders.

Symbiote 3y ago
The originally-Bombardier plane is the A220. The A320 / A320neo has nothing to do with Bombardier.
lierborgu 3y ago
I think maybe it's the A220 (developed by Bombardier, acquired by Airbus) you're thinking about here, not the A320neo (developed by Airbus)
noir_lord 3y ago
My favourite commercial flight was on a 787, that was one comfortable plane to fly on (they pressurise to a lower altitude than anything else I’d flown commercial) but every other flight I’ve got in the top ten was airbus. Given the choice though I’d fly on an airbus with lower passenger comfort than any recent Boeing. I never used to look at what aircraft it was but now I do and I avoid Boeing, that’s a strategic failure, don’t make customers think is a good rule.
- naijaboiler 3y ago
  Same here for me. 787 has the best flying customer experience. After that, the rest of the top 10 are airbuses
atif089 3y ago
Anyone got any idea what's the status of that X1 thingy which was supposed to be like Concord fast but still affordable by peasant class
- afruitpie 3y ago
  Are you thinking of Boom Supersonic? I know next to nothing about aviation or economics, but my gut feeling is a plane with ~80 seats for international flights will be expensive. https://boomsupersonic.com/ https://boomsupersonic.com/
  - wolverine876 3y ago
    > ~80 seats for international flights will be expensive. Also, it sounds like a lot of GHG emissions per passenger-mile.
  - atif089 3y ago
    Yup, boom supersonic indeed. I remember reading somewhere that they were also working on a ~200 capacity model

Symbiote 3y ago

The originally-Bombardier plane is the A220. The A320 / A320neo has nothing to do with Bombardier.

lierborgu 3y ago

I think maybe it's the A220 (developed by Bombardier, acquired by Airbus) you're thinking about here, not the A320neo (developed by Airbus)

noir_lord 3y ago

My favourite commercial flight was on a 787, that was one comfortable plane to fly on (they pressurise to a lower altitude than anything else I’d flown commercial) but every other flight I’ve got in the top ten was airbus. Given the choice though I’d fly on an airbus with lower passenger comfort than any recent Boeing. I never used to look at what aircraft it was but now I do and I avoid Boeing, that’s a strategic failure, don’t make customers think is a good rule.

naijaboiler 3y ago
Same here for me. 787 has the best flying customer experience. After that, the rest of the top 10 are airbuses

atif089 3y ago

Anyone got any idea what's the status of that X1 thingy which was supposed to be like Concord fast but still affordable by peasant class

afruitpie 3y ago
Are you thinking of Boom Supersonic? I know next to nothing about aviation or economics, but my gut feeling is a plane with ~80 seats for international flights will be expensive. https://boomsupersonic.com/ https://boomsupersonic.com/
- wolverine876 3y ago
  > ~80 seats for international flights will be expensive. Also, it sounds like a lot of GHG emissions per passenger-mile.
- atif089 3y ago
  Yup, boom supersonic indeed. I remember reading somewhere that they were also working on a ~200 capacity model