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> how much will people pay for civil supersonic? Do we know how much more it's likely to cost? I could easily see people paying 1.5x - 2x. Anything beyond 2x
by kypro 2y ago
> how much will people pay for civil supersonic?
Do we know how much more it's likely to cost? I could easily see people paying 1.5x - 2x.
Anything beyond 2x I imagine would start to price out the average person and anything beyond 5x would probably price out the vast majority of potential customers.
- johncalvinyoung 2y agoTheir business model for a long time has theorized that they can deliver an operating cost that would allow airlines to offer tickets at roughly current business class ticket costs, which would be a fraction of Concorde ticket prices expressed in current dollars. I don't know if those theorized efficiencies will be delivered (a lot depends on that engine) or if airlines will price tickets at that level. But it's the theory so far.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> could easily see people paying 1.5x - 2x People pay more than that for domestic first class, which doesn’t even have lay-flat seats. $2,500 or even $5k for a New York <> San Francisco 2-hour flight would absolutely sell.
- alamortsubite 2y agoA number of US carriers offer lay-flat seats for at least some of their coast-to-coast domestic flights. UA has over a half dozen Dreamliners flying back and forth daily, all with Polaris cabins. I know AA and Delta have routes with them, too. I agree, a two-hour flight time would be better!
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> number of US carriers offer lay-flat seats for at least some of their coast-to-coast domestic flights They're limited. And I regularly see them going for $4k+.
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