@lufthansa what abysmal customer service. I flew from MIA to FRA on June 25th I had paid for a “cash upgrade” to fly business class. I selected seat 87k in the upper the deck. The upper deck was then closed due to technical issues… I was downgrade to economy, no compensation?!
@lufthansa I put a compensate request in already, you got back to me today to tell me there is no evidence of a downgrade… I am now £669.50 out of pocket for an upgrade I didn’t get. So be the case number if you’d like
Protectionist regulations forbidding supersonic travel over the continental United States helped kill Concord’s business model.
A market in supersonic travel never developed as a consequence of these regulations, as the highest value roots in the world were inaccessible for supersonic flight.
Only a small number of roots were therefore viable mainly over the Atlantic Ocean and these were not enough to maintain competition in supersonic travel meaning just one supersonic commercial plane was ever developed. By the early 2000s it was ageing and unsafe technology not to mention expensive.
The lack of viable routes led to a lack of profitability and lack of competition that inevitably led to its demise.