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Re:Australia Joins the Race for Supersonic Flight by bobthepanda on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:29PM (#27132884)
Before the jet age NY-London was 19h. It is significantly better as a 6h flight, to the point where the route is so busy BA alone makes $1B of revenue.
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Re:Australia Joins the Race for Supersonic Flight by ceejayoz on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:35PM (#27132949)
Again, diminishing returns.

With things like airport security, weather delays, ground stops, etc., is going down to 3h worth several times the cost?

The Concorde found the answer is largely "not really".

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Re:Australia Joins the Race for Supersonic Flight by bobthepanda on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @01:47PM (#27133108)
Sure, but in the context of Australia, we are talking halving 9, 12+ hour flight times, which is a much larger improvement than the measly transatlantic flight.
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