alt Hacker NewsHalving travel times would be really good, the problem is that supersonic never had the range to make the difference meaningful.
JFK-London in 3 hours vs 6 is pretty tolerable if you’re more comfortable for the 6 hours. SFO to Shanghai in 7 hours vs 14 would be a lot more compelling but Concorde could not do transpacific range.
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thesumofall • last Tuesday at 8:12 PM
I actually prefer a 10+ hrs business class flight over a 6-7 hrs flight. At least you can get a full night of sleep
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That's the just flight time, but you've also got travel to/from the airport, parking, maybe shuttle bus/monorail, and checking/security/wait time at the airport as well.
So, add an hour for door-door travel to airport, and 2-hr before flight check-in, and now the comparison isn't 3 vs 6hr but 9 vs 12hr, which doesn't sound so worthwhile, although no doubt there are customers for it.
For longer flights it'd be much more attractive, but this is never going to be an affordable service for the masses.