Chapter 680 - The price-performance ratio that can't be refused
Hypersonic airliners are not destined to be for general civilian consumption, nor are they for the consumption of tourist routes.
This is a professional aircraft based on the high-end market, and once it starts operating in major civil aviation companies around the world, its ticket price is definitely not cheap.
But in fact, compared to the world's international aircraft such as the A380 Airbus and Boeing 747, the actual operating cost of this supersonic airliner is much cheaper.
The biggest operating cost of civil aircraft is the consumption of aviation fuel, a trip down an international route, thousands of kilometers away, the consumption of aviation fuel is about 100,000 US dollars, plus various route costs, landing costs, pilots plus flight attendants' salaries, depreciation costs, routine maintenance costs, meals, etc., a trip down an international route, its flight cost is nearly 160,000 US dollars.
Taking A380 as an example, there are more than 500 seats in special class, business class, and economy class, and if the seat rate can reach 60 percent, then it can return to the cost, and if the seat rate exceeds 60 percent, the extra is profitable.
The actual operating cost of the future supersonic passenger aircraft will be lower than that of the A380 and Boeing 747 aircraft, and the reason is very simple, that is, the reduction of aviation fuel consumption.
Compared to the A380's take-off cost, calculated at a cost of $5,000, plus the $100,000 fuel consumed during the flight, that's $105,000.
However, the fuel consumption of ultra-hypersonic passenger aircraft in the future is a completely different calculation, and the cost of take-off and liftoff is as high as 500 million US dollars of aviation fuel, but the fuel consumption of subsequent flights is less than 5,000 US dollars.
Because in the future, when the hypersonic passenger aircraft climbs to low earth orbit, the fuel consumption will be reduced to close to zero, and the engine will only run at the lowest power after re-entry until landing.
Therefore, in terms of jet fuel, the cost of each trip will be much lower.
Although the fuselage structure and safety issues lead to the fuselage size is larger than the Airbus A380 in the future hypersonic passenger aircraft with less than 400 seats, but compared with the fuel consumption cost of flight, the profit margin of the future hypersonic passenger aircraft is greater.
Of course, the price of such an advanced aircraft is not cheap.
The world's airlines, which gather in front of the future supersonic passenger aircraft, are naturally very excited after fully understanding all the performance data of this civilian aircraft.
No one can refuse such an aircraft, and the most important thing is that it is even more difficult to refuse the operation of this aircraft that can fly around the world in an hour, which is even cheaper than the A380.
When civil aviation companies buy an aircraft, the first thing they consider is the operating costs and routes, and then consider the attractiveness of the aircraft to passengers.
The hypersonic airliner of the future is undoubtedly perfect, and no one can refuse this speed, especially if the price of the ticket does not rise too much, and no airline will refuse this aircraft.
After all, there is also a lot of competition between civil aviation companies, especially the competition of international routes, which is actually very fierce.
The person in charge of the various civil aviation companies who watched the live broadcast also gave instructions to the person in charge of the scene for the first time, as long as there is no problem with the safety performance and the price is within the acceptable range, immediately place an order to buy.
After learning more about the various capabilities of hypersonic airliners, the heads of these various airlines who visited the site were invited by the future aircraft manufacturing company to the VIP room in the exhibition area.
More than 30 leaders from various countries around the world and international airlines gathered in the lounge.
The sales director of the future aircraft manufacturing company also met with them here, and as soon as they met, they said straight to the point:
"Ladies and gentlemen, you have also learned about our hypersonic airliner, and our aircraft will bring a new chapter in the field of civil aviation."
"You said there is no problem, but we have some concerns about whether this aircraft is safe." In the midst of the audience, a woman asked solemnly.
The most critical performance of civil aircraft is not how fast and how far it can fly, but safety.
A safety incident can be fatal for an airline.
"You don't need to worry about safety, our group's products, the best consideration is safety and stability, whether it is civilian products or military products, so far the accident rate is 0 percent." said the head of sales of the future airliner.
"Having said that, we also have to think about the passengers, after all, your plane has not made any test flights, which can't help but make the passengers a little uneasy." Someone else said.
"You can rest assured that the test flight work of civil aircraft is taken seriously, and there will be absolutely no sloppiness, we have planned to carry out high-density test flight work in the next month, when there will be ten hypersonic passenger aircraft at the same time for test flight work, and the test flight routes will be all over the world.
If you are willing, our test flight hypersonic passenger plane can also land at your airport, or you can be allowed to send observers to follow our aircraft throughout the test flight, and we will fully contract the accommodation. The head of sales said.
Taking out ten supersonic passenger planes for test flights at one time can be regarded as the most luxurious initiative in the history of civil aircraft test flights, which also completely reassures the heads of all airlines on the scene.
In fact, the heads of the various airlines present were more assured of the products of the Future Technology Group, but it was useless for them to rest assured, because the passengers were not them, and the passengers who took this passenger plane were relieved from the beginning.
Seeing everyone's reaction, the sales person in charge spoke again: "The price of a single machine is 600 million US dollars, you can place an order now, and when our test flight ends perfectly, without any accidents and failures, the order will take effect again, and we will complete all the company's orders as soon as possible."
Of course, we also offer dedicated pilot services, after all, this hypersonic airliner needs very good pilots to fly it, and if you do, we have many qualified pilots who can do the job. ”
Hearing the words of the sales person in charge of the future aircraft company, the heads of dozens of airlines in the VIP room immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
The price of $600 million is much, much cheaper than they expected, compared with the price of the Airbus A380, which is close to $500 million, and the price of the supersonic passenger plane is $600 million, which can be called the conscience of the industry.
The final purchase concerns were gone, and the person in charge of the airline on the scene also placed orders one after another, just waiting for the test flight results to evaluate whether to confirm the order.
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