[Sebb767]

But it didn't refresh its fleet, either. The Concorde itself might've been successful, but supersonic flight mostly died with it.

[rbanffy]

Politicians are notoriously impatient people with short attention spans that seldom go beyond a term. Concorde 2, which was more efficient, was cancelled while the planes we can think of prototypes were put in commercial service.

[MomoXenosaga]

Mass tourism began in the 1970s. Airliners needed something that could carry 350 tourists to Spain or Hawaii cheaply.

[rbanffy]

A supersonic transport can carry twice as many passengers per day as a subsonic widebody.

[mikro2nd]

How does cost per passenger-km compare?

[rbanffy]

Ticket should cost anything between 2 to 4 times a normal one. If it works, it’ll capture a lot of business and first class tickets from normal airliners

[mikro2nd]

I meant cost to the operator... ;)