Why have airline travel times not decreased over the decades?

Question

Why have airline travel times not decreased over the decades?

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Answer 1

Long haul flights are already going most of the way to the speed of sound. If you want to go faster, you need a Concorde – and boy, did that poor thing have many, many drawbacks. Going supersonic is also, as one might reasonably think, *not very fuel efficient* and had low capacity. If you want faster flights, be prepared to pay several times the cost of a current ticket.