Originally Posted by
27/09
How many million aircraft are sold each year, there in lies the problem with amortising design and certification costs.
The real problem is that aviation in general and general aviation in particular wants to keep itself mysterious and elite. If it were democratised, like the auto industry, it would be able to generate the sales and use volumes that would bring prices down. Unfortunately, between the regulators and the epaulette brigade, there is some resistance to doing this. Sad really, because for point-to-point transport it is pretty efficient on a passenger-mile and infrastructure cost basis.