Re:Why hasn't commercial air travel gotten any faster since ...
by bobthepanda on Tuesday February 11, 2025 @03:20AM
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Concorde’s problem was once the lie flat business seat was invented in 2000, it was substantially more comfortable than what was, by all accounts, a plush but very narrow seat due to the narrow fuselage.
Throw in the third flight crew member and the economics fell apart.
I would wager a supersonic jet liner could make a lot of money crossing the Atlantic or the Pacific even today. Sure for short hauls it makes no sense.
Btw, Boom is working on supersonic private jets,they recently flew a scaled down experimental jet at supersonic speeds.