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Originally Posted by Bigtime
True, but not being able to travel supersonic over land still presents issues if you are shelling out huge dollars for a supersonic capable aircraft.
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And many of the airlines with the $ to buy something like that (Emirates, Cathy, Singapore) have their biggest most lucrative routes (ie Europe/UK) with major portions flying over land.
That negates the speed benefit, but leaves you with the "drinks fuel like your alcoholic uncle ted drinks gin at an open bar wedding" disadvantage.
