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Is there really a tremendous amount of demand on the Australia / Europe segment? If London/NYC wasn't viable for the Concorde (probably the most popular interna
by jvm 12y ago
Is there really a tremendous amount of demand on the Australia / Europe segment? If London/NYC wasn't viable for the Concorde (probably the most popular international airline segment), I can't imagine the demand being higher on routes to Sydney.
If the fixed costs of a flight are high, it will likely be even more expensive than the Concorde on trans-Atlantic routes.
- kjjw 12y agoAs far as I remember, stopping Concorde had more to do with poor sales after the Air France crash rather than anything inherent in cost efficency.
- timthorn 12y agoConcorde reportedly made BA about £750M. I'm not sure whether that figure takes into account the development costs - but the reason that it was retired was due to Airbus withdrawing support. http://www.concordesst.com/retire/faq_r.html http://www.concordesst.com/retire/faq_r.html
- idlewords 12y agoThe CEO of Airbus said in the Financial Times that "The costs of operating Concorde, and in particular maintenance and support, have become such that operations are unrealistic for any operator." The reason BA booked a profit is because of massive de facto government subsidies for Concorde, for reasons of national prestige.