27th Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 19 - 24 September 2010, Nice, France
Paper ICAS 2010-1.7.5

ECONOMIC SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT

G. F. Fournier
GFIC, France

Keywords: supersonic, transport, aircraft, economic, non-conventional

It has been explained how supersonic transport aircraft must be designed to be quiet at takeoff. The next question obviously is : can such an aircraft be operated economically ? Travel cost has several components: Fuel consumption, personnel and catering, passenger time. Mach 3 travel cost is 40% lower than subsonic.

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