How long before more commercial supersonic flights?

Question

Was the Concorde experience the final word?

Answer 1

France and Japan signed a cooperational agreeement at the Paris Air Show in 2005 to develop a successor to the Concorde that is planned to be in service by 2015.

Answer 2

Until technology is developed that is vastly supieror to that used in the Concorde, supersonic passenger flight will remain a very expensive endevor, both in the actual aircraft and in the fue required to travel so fast, not to mention no one likes to have sonic booms over thier houses breaking their windows so supersonic filght is only done over the open ocean. Boeing cancelled its Sonic Cruiser project because it was so expensive, and instead decided to develop the 787 because airlines were needing a fuel efficient aircraft to replace older generations. Until these can be overcome, I wouldn't expect to see cheap supersonic travel any time soon.

Answer 3

I do not believe we will see commercial supersonic flights like the Concorde. The cost of operation of such an aircraft are astronautical. I do think sub orbital space flights will take the place of them

Answer 4

The technology for routine supersomic flights exists. The problem is money. It costs too much to operate an aircraft supersonically. At this point, we don't have a way of making it cheaper. Suborbital technology is also way too costly for regular use. The fact is all industries, not just the aeronautical industry, try to make money and do things for as little money as possible. If you don't do this then your competition will, and you will be out of business.

Answer 5

The concorde is gone. It was too expensive to operate so British airways and Air france put them at a museum. There are no more flights or planes flying around.

Answer 6

Besides the expense of suspersonic aircraft, they are politically unacceptable. Concorde didn't do as well as it could have because many countries refused to allow it to fly over their territory at supersonic speeds, because they didn't want the sonic booms.

Answer 7

At a guess Iwould say around 15 years, not that long really. Airline would be pushing the manufacturers as it would shorten flight times allowing longer periods between matainance requirements not to mention fuel savings thus increasing profit margins.

Answer 8

As soon as someone decides that it would be good to price tickets so everyone can ride. SS Transport costs alot, so ticket prices are high, but not everone wants to pay that much to get there a couple hours earlier