Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over...
by wongarsu on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:41AM
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Shaving off enough hours to be able to board a plane in the early morning, have a two hour business meeting in the destination and fly back and arrive home in the late evening of the same day is a huge draw to some.
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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over...
by mshook on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @11:58AM
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Except it doesn't really work. It could almost work flying west then east to get home but regular Concorde flights couldn't give you the option to fly back the same day.
BA001 LHR 10:30AM -> JFK 09:25AM
BA002 JFK 08:30AM -> LHR 05:15PM
AF002 CDG 10:30AM -> JFK 08:15AM
AF001 JFK 08:00AM -> CDG 05:45PM
That's why flying westbound supersonic is less of an advantage. Because as you can see, flying west, your day is still wasted, even if you leave early.
Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over...
by cjrp on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @12:03PM
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Seems doable if the schedule was tweaked though?
LHR 9:30AM - JFK 8:25AM,
JFK 1:30PM - LHR 10:15PM
Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over...
by mshook on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @12:14PM
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You're right but I'm sure both companies had good reasons for their schedules (for instance noise restrictions at night).
And realistically, from your plane at JFK to Manhattan, that's got to be a least an hour and a half (immigration and cab/limo). And assuming you'd have to be at JFK just an hour before your flight (and for an international flight that's ballsy), plus with transportation still taking an hour, you just wasted 3.5 hours commuting forth and back to the airport.
That schedule wouldn't work unless you flew to Manhattan. And even then, it'd be tight.
Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over...
by dfadsadsf on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:52PM
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Just use Blade helicopter service - 10 min to Manhattan starting at $200+ so affordable to whoever can afford business class. Still tight for one day meeting but if LHR flight was at 8:00AM and flying back a bit later at 2PM NY time it's possible.
Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over...
by yardstick on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @01:20PM
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I expect operators would arrange dedicated/express facilities for all the airport stuff to speed up the experience. Dedicated/priority check-in, security, immigration. What would be the icing on the cake is an express train from the airport to the city centre that runs every 10-20 minutes (for all passengers prepared to pay, not just supersonics).
Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over...
by cjrp on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @01:40PM
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That train is the Heathrow Express, just need the JFK equivalent and you’re sorted!
Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over...
by freeone3000 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:02PM
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That would be the Long Island Rail Road (at 35 minutes). (It's also connected by subway, which will take 60 minutes to Manhattan but maybe worthwhile if you want to get off sooner.)