And will it be able to utilise its marginal extra speed in congested EU airspace? Will the ever more chocked slot/over stretched ground handling/terminal crowding issues negate the flight time benefits?
Is saving 60 mins Transatlantic a Unique Selling Proposition? Will people pay a premium for flying on something so Buck Rogers looking? WE love aeroplanes like that but does Joe Punter give a damn. Indeed is Joe Average slightly perturbed by the idea of flying in something not reassuringly similar to everything else?
Not convinced personally. Only concepts that have worked in the last 30 years are either bigger airframe or fewer engines and preferably the two combined...
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