I would pay $1000 more per ticket to do Australia to Europe in 4 hours.
For businesses that cost would be a no-brainer: landing and being able to actually function, would be amazing.
For businesses that cost would be a no-brainer: landing and being able to actually function, would be amazing.
50 years of commercial airline operations have been hard for niche aircrafts. I'm not bullish on the hopes of a LEO commercial plane in our lifespan. It's a tough equation:
- a LEO plane won't be developed without presales that warrant safe funding (ie. from flagship airlines)
- incumbents are all about kerosene and do not want to add a significantly different tech to their already complex operations.
- new comers will not get access to enough capital to secure the development of a disruptive engine technology
Airlines make cash by moving a diversified mix of people and cargo. I just don't see anyone moving to the (super volatile) premium-only market with a supersonic high fixed cost jet.