AN ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF THE SUPERSONIC TRANSPORT.

Abstract

Section II provides a summary of the major findings and conclusions of the study. Section III contains the estimates of potential Free-World traffic available to the SST's. In Section IV, estimates of the direct operating costs of the various aircraft concepts are developed and compared. Section V provides a comparative analysis of the profitability potential of alternative SST concepts. In Section VI, the SST traffic potential is translated into estimates of the Free-World market for the SST in general and for U.S.-built SST's in particular in the light of the cost and profitability findings. Section VII, the final section, is an assessment of possible requirements for government support of a U.S. SST program and of the forms in which such support might be made available. Appendixes A and B provide additional background information on the aircraft market analysis and the direct operating cost analysis, respectively. Appendix C is a summarization of the findings of the Air Passenger Survey conducted by the Institute. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0443452

Entities

People

  • George J. Mitchell Jr.
  • Herbert A. Bricker
  • Peter D. Tilton
  • Richard K. Waldo

Organizations

  • SRI International

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Automated Text Summarization
  • Cost Analysis
  • Costs
  • Economic Analysis
  • Governments
  • Passengers
  • Supersonic Transport Aircraft
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Transport Ships
  • Vehicles

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Business Analytics
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

  • Hypersonics