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Sample distances
New York-Los Angeles 2135nm currently 4.5 hours flying time –
AFG 1 hour 10 minutes Beijing – Los Angeles 5415 nm currently 12 hours flying time – ARFG 1 hour 45 minutes Including take-off, climb and acceleration, cruise, descent and ILS approach and landing
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speed to airlines are: 1. Reduced fuel consumption - over long distances savings of up to 100 tonnes of fuel per flight are anticipated. - 100 tonnes= fuel for 80 cars for 1 year (100,000kgs: average car 5kg of petrol per 100km - 100,000kgs fuel/5kgs per 100km= 20,000. multiplied by 100kms= 2,000,000kms/25,000km= (annual km’s driven= 80 cars per years fuel consumption). - Fuel cost savings per flight @$1 per litre ≈ $125,000. - Annual fuel savings taken at 400 flights per aircraft, per year = $50,000,000. - Fleet of 10 aircraft = $500,000,000. - Better weather knowledge can enable take off delay to avoid flying in holding patterns at destination airport. 2. Reduced number of required crew, including Pilots and stewards
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even over transatlantic
distances, Neecenau will use one crew, where as a subsonic
requires two - more over long distances this rises to a 2 to 8
crew ratio in favour of the AFG or ARFG versus a subsonic type
representing about $120,000 saving per roster because crews on
long distances can fly a return leg where 4 crews would
otherwise be used. 3. Airport charges - Neecenow flies non-stop to every destination in the world meaning no stop-over with over priced fuel and high landing fees. - Fewer landings. - aircraft are “aged” based upon take-off and landings, so an aircraft requiring a stop-over leg is halving its maintenance times from one that does not require a stop over. - Aircraft engines require stripping down after a certain amount of starts are made. - Aircraft tyres are expensive, stop over landings accelerate wear and time before they are replaced.
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Take off and climb uses
substantially more fuel 5. Increased safety - Maximum flight duration of 3 hours means alert crews, flying long hours in subsonic types reduces air safety due to factors of fatigue. - No second crew required. - Training deficiencies are more prevalent with more crews required for subsonic aircraft. - More accurate “real time” weather forecasts on departure, Weather can change significantly in 12-24 hours. 6. Reduced Hotel and accommodation costs to airlines - Using 1 Neecenau instead of several subsonic types saves a vast amount of money in crew accommodation costs. - Crews can make return flights to any destination in the world in a single trip. - Some of these costs are incurred over several days while a sufficient rotation is completed (to meant minimum legal standards) or simply awaiting the next flight. - Airlines have support teams looking after this aspect that may be reduced in number. 7. Lower cleaning costs - Less flight time, less waste, less cleaning time and cost. - Passengers make less mess in less time. - Less wear and tear per average flight – carpets and fittings last longer. - Lower amount of food and other service resources wasted. 8. Reduced flight planning - A 20 hour + flight requires a lot more planning than a 3 hour flight: a trip to the City or Country versus a trip to the local shop.
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Introduces direct weather
knowledge, an aircraft can save time and expense in not
departing to an airport that is snowed in for several hours,
otherwise requiring an expensive diversion.
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Lower crew wage allowance costs to airlines for overseas stays 10. Lower catering costs to airlines for each flight - A 18 hour + flight requires at least 4 (8 if 2 options are given) meals versus 1 or 2 meals for a Neecenow flight.
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With a 9 hour duration
between the most distant stops with turn around considerations,
Neecenow can take meals from the home airport reducing catering
costs
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Many Neecenow flights will
not require a meal due to the short duration
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Fresher, better quality
food, leading to greater customer satisfaction. 11. More seats aboard from increased floor area because of the fewer toilets and smaller galley sections.
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Neecenau types, due to the
shorter flight times, can seat more passengers in areas once
requiring vast toilet and galley space for the now unnecessary
meals. 12. Fuel savings from weight reductions - Not carrying the many meals and beverages, toilets, water for the system and passengers needed for a 12+ hour flight reduces the weight that otherwise increases fuel burn.
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If a stopover is required 2
sets of IFR fuel reserves must be lifted to cruise altitude
versus 1 with a non-stop flight
» Market
targets Airlines will buy AFG and ARFG for these reasons: 1. Replacement of aging, existing fleets of subsonic aircraft. 2.
Percentage growth per annum in passenger movements: currently
around 5%. With faster travel times and cheaper fares available
this can double: faster transit at the same cost is more
inviting. 3.
The growing Orient-Asian hub where such speed is valuable for
business and tourism growth alike. Asia and the Orient are the
aviation industries biggest buyers having huge populations with
rapidly increasing average wealth. The areas relative isolation
of long flight times has eroded further tourist and business
opportunities. 4.
New unexplored markets opening up due to range and speed –
Africa and South America. 5. Eventual upgrades of Neecenau leading to the sell off’s of second hand AFG and ARFG airliners to other airlines. - Growth. - Familiarity of the type and it’s operational capability builds market confidence. - Familiarity of type growing the markets and expanding existing ones. - Familiarity of type reduces maintenance costs: increased maintenance sites. - Sales of newer aircraft to second hand buyer (benefits obvious by ownership).
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Sales of new types to
existing owners. 6.
Stand down aircraft for maintenance purposes; aircraft require
servicing and more sales are required to fulfil gaps left by
aircraft in maintenance. This number will be similar to subsonic
fleets recalling one Neecenow can replace several subsonic
types: proportionately more subsonic standby aircraft would be
required to overcome maintenance visits. Higher operational speeds has impacted maintenance requirements in the past, BAT is doing everything possible to reduce this by design features such as greater access doors, simpler structural, electrical and control design and is demanded as a primary consideration in the engine competition. The maintenance cost will decrease over the life of the aircraft from the greater amount of knowledge amongst workers.
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Advantage: speed High
speed flights advantages are not obvious to everyone – why spend
billions of dollars on a difference of several hours -- making
production of a faster airliner seemingly superfluous. This
argument can be also applied to the idea of new computers or
other technology. The benefits are not always obvious,
particularly not to people who do not travel. Some
present journey times exceed 24 hours; not a particularly long
period. Yet actual recovery from this duration in a low
pressure, dehydrating environment – the main factors in jet
lag’s fatigue - can exceed a week. Generally the people who
travel are the life blood for the global businesses they
represent. Professionals can be severely affected in terms of
proficiency during international business meetings, especially
with existing intensive aspect of dealing with differing
cultures, after experiencing present levels of jet lag. Speed is
vital for commerce.
Presently flights are governed by regulations
minimising flight
times to ensure the crew is kept at a reasonable level of
fitness. Even with these laws, maintaining maximum attention
levels and standards is difficult over long legs. Two hours is
the time interval considered best to stop when driving, so how
does this justify many times this in a much more complex machine
with several hundred people aboard? With
hypersonic travel, people can arrive on the other side of the
world as fresh as per any working day. Neecenow gives an extra 2
days of holiday or business time. There are many tourists who
are put off by long flight times, the time spent
queuing exceeds 3
hours at some airports, the wait for departure, then a ten hour
plus flight, with two hours of customs at the end of it when
people are absolutely exhausted. For
travellers whose holidays are short, this means much of their
holiday is ruined in recovery from the trip; Neecenow reinvents
the long weekend. Although this doesn’t affect tourists as much,
it has large implications for businesses and their people. With business class express check in, executives can be at a meeting on the other side of the world in around than 5 hours from arrival at their departure airport, for those in economy the increased security wait adds another hour. Given several hours for a meeting, they can either journey return home that night or the next day. These executives can potentially be at home enjoying a meal with their family faster than a subsonic aircraft completes half the similar journey. This employee could have a day off to recharge, better than the present week or more lost prior to normal productivity being resumed without distractions of dehydration and fatigue.
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The Tortoise and the
Hare: The race
Tortoise (in this case, a
subsonic airliner) has been winning this race for years,
preventing the rise of the Hare (super/hypersonic replacements)
for several decades. Actually, Tortoises are pretty cool: it’s
the ruined backs and backsides of weary travellers symbolised
here… So, a new race is about to take place, a subsonic heavy
(SSH) versus AFG…..
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The winner?
Yes, Tortoise lovers,
Neecenow looses, merely departing Sydney and has already
had two changes of crew……. Of course this is subject to curfews
and maintenance, and more likely scenarios Neecenow airliners
will stitch the world performing the service of several
airliners, reducing costs to airlines by a high percentage. Over
transatlantic distances one AFG replaces 2 aircraft by arriving
back in the United States or London in the same time a subsonic
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