Originally Posted by
ATC Watcher
I also fail to see the interest to fly at M1.2 compared to a Citation X at M.9 at 1/5 th of the price.
If the 12 people that you are flying are paid in the order of $10,000 an hour or more, then the sums may well add up for the companies using seats on such a biz jet as a journey need not take a full working day out. Add continual Internet over SATCOM so work can be done during flight.
You can be sure that the beancounters will have worked out the comparative costs of travel by different means, including down time while traveling.