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As concorde receded to history, Is there any supersonic passenger flight in service today?
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
No, there are no supersonic passenger airliners in service today. Concorde and the TU144 have been the only aircraft that were in supersonic passenger service.
You see, the problems with those aircraft, is that it was fairly old technology, and hence not too economical to use. Concorde guzzled fuel. To fly fast comes at a price!
Also, as pointed out, The supersonic jets werent allowed to go supersonic over land- kinda defeats the point hey? So Concorde had a restricted route structure- mainly over the Atlantic Ocean.
Concorde has obvioulsy been the more famous supersonic airliner, however, its Russian (Tupolev TU144) counterpart was infact larger and reportedly faster than Concorde. Being Russian however, was its biggest downfall- it suffered one to many crashes, forcing it out of service. Not that Russian aircraft are bad, just the resources available weren't suffcient in those days.
I doubt that we will see any supersonic passenger airliners in service anytime soon, although there have been many designs leaning toward it- like Boeing's now discontinued Sonic Cruiser project....
Although Concordes are no longer zooming around, they have been a part of history- a brave and sucessful attempt to rule the sky......at twice the speed of sound
:)
- 1 decade ago
No. There aren't any. Only the Concorde and the Russian Concordski (the Tupolev-144) oeprated supersonic passenger flights.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
The closest thing would be the Cessna Citation X. It is a business jet that cruises at Mach .92 any time they get over 24,000 feet. That's the fastest commercial or business jet that I am aware of in use today.
Source(s): FAA Licensed Dispatcher working in Business Aviation - Anonymous1 decade ago
Not that I know of. But if you miss Concorde, blame us. We basically killed it when we didn't allow it to fly full speed over the country...
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