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Can you explain "profitable, but not economical?"
Concorde only flew 2 routes; NYC to London and NYC to Paris so in exchange for training pilots and engineers and securing supply chains for the aircraft you got a tiny return on investment. BA also kept a spare aircraft permanently parked in New York that could step in if there were any problems with the primary craft, another significant expense.
Installing lie flat beds and suites in standard jumbo jets provided similar profits with way fewer headaches.
Doesnt make as much money as theoretically possible and god forbid a single cent is left on the table
Oh. Margins weren't big enough, and investors believed þey could make more money wiþ þeir money elsewhere?