Drop the Supersonic Aircraft Ban

Re:Drop the Supersonic Aircraft Ban by goodcanadian on Monday June 13, 2016 @11:51AM (#11894838)

The 747 carries ~450 passengers. The Concorde carried ~100. So, the Concorde is 4.5 times worse on a per capita basis.

EDIT: Actually, ~5.4 times worse if you take into account the 1.2x difference in cost.

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Re:Drop the Supersonic Aircraft Ban by ulfw on Monday June 13, 2016 @12:08PM (#11894991)

British Airways' 747-400 carry between 275 and 345 passengers, depending on configuration. But still. Similar in principle :)

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Re:Drop the Supersonic Aircraft Ban by goodcanadian on Monday June 13, 2016 @12:16PM (#11895049)

Depends on the airline, I suppose. Air Canada used to fly 747-100s with 400 seats:

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