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A Supersonic 'Mini Concorde' Business Jet is going to Happen
This bird was reviled in 2004 and the company is partnering with Airbus to build the bird. (flightclub.jalopnik.com) Plus d'info...
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I'm sure it really was reviled by some people in 2004 and that environmentalists and the "anti-one-percenters" probably don't like it very much now, either, but did you actually mean it was revealed in 2004?
Interesting... Approximately $100M for the plane, plus untold operating costs - those obscene operating costs were a large part of why the Concordes were retired. I anticipate similarly obscene operating costs for this thing as well, unless they can figure out a way to drastically reduce friction.
Maybe that's why it was reviled. :)
After the R&D and construction costs were written off, the Concordes generally made money. Since the Aerion aircraft benefits from aerodynamic and other aeroscience advances not available in the 1960s, as well as from greatly advanced and much more fuel-efficient engines, the operating costs may not be as "obscene" as you think.
Definitely a bilinear toy as too small to be a commercial success. Yes Concorde lost money hence avionics and many safety commendations were not implemented.
"Too small to be a commercial success"? It's a bizjet, not an airliner. It's supposed to be small. You don't compare a Learjet to a 777 or even a 737, do you? If someone can afford to buy and use a bizjet, they don't worry if the cost-per-seat-mile compares favourably with Emirates or even Southwest. They get in it and they go. As the writer of "The Great Gatsby" once observed, "Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me." The people who will buy these aircraft don't care if it's a "commercial success" to operate because they themselves are a commercial success.
I think he may have been referencing it being used as a commercial airliner as opposed to a privately owned or charter.
That being said, your post was still spot on.
That being said, your post was still spot on.
So callous...but absolutely on-target! Scott and Zelda would still be drunk and confused....but they'd love your comments! So we're back in the '20s...and it's starting all over again. What a shame!!
In the mid-80s, Concorde was profitable, once the R&D and construction costs were written off and the airlines owned the aircraft outright: http://tinyurl.com/ll98lhp
Most people travelling on Concorde were on business and their companies had booked their seats. Surveys showed that passengers assumed the seats cost much more than they did...so the airlines raised the prices to match expectations, thereby further increasing profits.
Which safety "commendations" weren't implemented because Concorde (supposedly) was losing money?
Most people travelling on Concorde were on business and their companies had booked their seats. Surveys showed that passengers assumed the seats cost much more than they did...so the airlines raised the prices to match expectations, thereby further increasing profits.
Which safety "commendations" weren't implemented because Concorde (supposedly) was losing money?
