摘要: |
Customers of Commercial and private jet services, as well as cargo shippers are willing to pay for
more expensive tickets to arrive sooner
The total projected passenger volume for each Mach number were found to be sufficient to support
high speed air service for transoceanic routes without including overland routes
Viable business cases are possible from Mach 2 to Mach 5+ however, high speed aircraft cases are
less robust than the Mach 2-4 range
In all cases, business viability [IRR] is most sensitive to passenger volume variances and to a lesser
degree fuel price fluctuations and government subsidies
Regulatory, certification, societal and infrastructure barriers and challenges pose varying levels of
business risk to aspiring service providers
The most challenging barriers are driven by lack of specific regulations and certification requirements
to “design to” for this flight regime |