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dopamean | 1 year ago

Nothing I’ve read or heard has made me believe there’s a market for supersonic airliner. This is very cool for sure but I don’t know how they’ll ever sell a full size passenger jet. I guess I’ll believe it when I see it.

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Schiendelman|1 year ago

Here's a quick validation of how well you're estimating the market: Without looking it up, how many commercial planes do you think are in the air right now?

dopamean|1 year ago

Over the US during the day at any moment I'd say at least 5,000. Probably not more than 10? Not sure about the rest of the world. For Europe I'd guess probably half of that. Not sure about Asia, SA, and Africa though.

I wonder how many routes there are that would actually be well served by supersonic aircraft.