Re:The Soviet Union’s Flawed Rival to Concorde
by gambiting on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @12:39PM
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The major(and I will take the risk and say - only) benefit of the concorde was the amazing ability it gave some people of making a New York<->London return trip in one day. For some businessmen that was absolutely invaluable - they could jump on a plane in the morning, have their meeting in New York, and be back in London late in the evening. No other plane offers that.
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Re:The Soviet Union’s Flawed Rival to Concorde
by mandevil on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @01:30PM
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Note that this very much only worked one way: Europe to the US, not vice-versa, because of the curvature of the Earth (and even then, better for London versus Paris because of geography). Since the plane needs to be full on all of it's flights to pay it's costs, this was quite the problem and very much a limit on routes that could be profitable.