That's why a plane from Frankfurt to New York still takes as long as it did 60 years ago
Created: 12/19/2022, 8:00 p.m
By: Lucas Maier
If you want to get from Frankfurt Airport to New York, it still takes just as long as it did a good 60 years ago.
Why is that?
Frankfurt – From Frankfurt to New York: Today it takes eight and a half hours, in 1961 it was also more than eight hours.
Despite technical advances, why are flights not faster today than they were 60 years ago?
A TikTok channel got to the bottom of this question and did the fact check.
To date, more than 2.3 million people have already clicked on the first part of the check.
Fnp.de took a closer look at the analysis of the channel.
High-flyer Concorde: The machine only landed once at Frankfurt Airport
A look at the history of aviation shows that flights were sometimes faster in the 1970s than they are today.
The absolute king of speed in civil aviation was the Concorde.
At 2,405 kilometers per hour, it took 100 passengers from London to New York in three and a half hours, as the aviation
experts at Aviclaim
explain.
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However, the machine from the current manufacturer Airbus only landed once at Frankfurt Airport, as the local portal
gg-Online
writes.
The high-speed flyer was the first and only aircraft to take passengers to their destinations at supersonic speeds.
In 2003, Concorde flew its last flight.
Why don't we fly supersonic today?
That's why you don't hear a sonic boom over Frankfurt Airport
There are several reasons not to travel by plane that breaks the sound barrier.
Anyone who drives a high-horsepower car will already have an inkling of what could be one of the reasons.
Similar to cars, fuel consumption increases with increasing speed.
While a Boeing 747-400 needs 12,500 liters of fuel in one flight hour, the Concorde needed around 25,000 liters, i.e. about twice as much, reports the aviation news
portal aero-international.
Concorde consumed twice as much as the slower competition
Even if the kerosene for airplanes is a bit cheaper than the fuel for the car, the fuel costs for a Concorde today would be 55,102.35 euros per hour.
If you include tax breaks for flight operations, it is still 38,328.17 euros per hour (as of December 16).
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When the Concorde was still in operation, a ticket to New York and back cost between 4,500 and 11,000 euros, as reported by
br-alpha
.
In the past it was possible to fly faster, but only if you had the necessary change.
In addition, there was significantly less space in the supersonic machine than in modern aircraft.
The Concorde could only carry around 100 passengers.
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In addition to the high fuel consumption and the limited capacity, one event in particular sealed the temporary demise of the Concorde: a serious plane crash in 2000, in which all the passengers on the affected supersonic aircraft lost their lives.
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The Concorde was even forbidden to fly over some countries during its short life.
The reason for the ban was the bang that occurs during the rollover flight.
Civil supersonic flights were almost completely banned in the USA until 2019, as the
aerotelegraph
reports.
But will supersonic flights remain history in the civil sector?
Concorde successor?
From 2029, supersonic flight will resume
If the start-up Boom Supersonic has its way, then from 2029 supersonic will be flown again.
American Airlines has already ordered 20 Overture-Jet aircraft, according to the Austrian innovation portal
Trendig Topics
.
According to the company, the new high-speed aircraft can carry between 65 and 80 passengers at 1.7 times the speed of sound.
This is a bit slower than the Concorde, but still far faster than the planes that currently take travelers to destinations around the world.
The aircraft should also not emit any CO₂ emissions, as it is to be powered by sustainable aviation fuels.
(Lucas Maier)
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