| > revisionist history. Not revisionist, speculative, as the B never came into being. > logistics of flying the Concorde .. expensive and just not that desirable Research revealed that passengers thought that the fare was higher than it actually was, so the airline raised ticket prices to match these perceptions. (Wikipedia) > routing Hmm...vastly improved routing was one of the main benefits touted for Concorde B discussed in the fine article. > plane was conceived in the era of big government bankrolled air travel It is reported that British Airways then ran Concorde at a profit. (Wikipedia) Furthermore, it was actually (American) government that had a significant hand in killing the Concorde, by imposing overflight restrictions that made it far less useful. Of course this had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that the US competition to Concorde never took off. > doesn't have a role in the reality of flying buses we see today. Concorde was operating profitably at time of its retirement, which came after an accident and issues with keeping the fleet in the air. |