Son of Concorde

[C7Steve]

An hour from London to New York

http://news.sky.com/story/1530374/son-o ... in-an-hour


Steve.

[Dominic]

Wow! That is mega quick, but at only a capacity of 20 passengers, it will be mega pricey too. Can't help but think that there must be a better balance of speed / capacity - i.e., 2 hour flight, but able to take maybe 60 peeps?

Great to see something being developed as a replacement for Concorde

[GregR]

Wow! That is mega quick, but at only a capacity of 20 passengers, it will be mega pricey too. Can't help but think that there must be a better balance of speed / capacity - i.e., 2 hour flight, but able to take maybe 60 peeps?

Great to see something being developed as a replacement for Concorde

It's called a 747 and it all but killed Concorde before the accidents

[campbell]

I read somewhere that smaller jets are threatening the 380 Superjumbo already. They are able to fly longer-haul, yet don't need mega runways / facilities etc.

Viz the growth in faraway destinations from Edinburgh Airport.

[woody]

Campbell, see 787/dreamliner & Airbus's A350 response to it.

All Airbus have done as far add I can see is register a design or idea, there's nothing at all to say they've any intention of building it.