Supersonic commercial service is interesting, but it was a small niche that the pandemic made even smaller.
Constraints on the customer base:
- Absolutely must have face-to-face meetings on another continent
- Rich/"important" enough to pay for business-class transcontinental flights
- Can't do any productive work on a normal flight, so important to reduce flight time
- Not staying for a long visit, so cutting a couple of hours from the flight is important (Edit: added this item)
- Not rich enough to fly charter
That's a tough set of criteria, especially with CFOs looking to cut unnecessary business travel. Zoom is a lot cheaper than business-class travel.
Constraints on the customer base:
- Absolutely must have face-to-face meetings on another continent
- Rich/"important" enough to pay for business-class transcontinental flights
- Can't do any productive work on a normal flight, so important to reduce flight time
- Not staying for a long visit, so cutting a couple of hours from the flight is important (Edit: added this item)
- Not rich enough to fly charter
That's a tough set of criteria, especially with CFOs looking to cut unnecessary business travel. Zoom is a lot cheaper than business-class travel.