American Airlines said Tuesday it has ordered 20 supersonic jets that can carry passengers at twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial airliners.
American became the third major airline to announce a supersonic order with Denver’s Boom Aviation, following Japan Airlines in 2017 and United Airlines in 2021.
“We want to reach supersonic speed as soon as possible,” Boom CEO Blake Scholl said. I think that it is “what the world needs”.
You can get from Miami to London in less than 5 hours instead of 8 hours and 40 minutes, and at the price of a first class ticket.
There have been similar attempts before by airlines to move to supersonic speeds.
The transatlantic supersonic passenger plane Concorde last flew over the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound in 2003, but plans were discontinued after a fatal accident in 2000.
The ticket price was $12,000, barely covered by the British and French governments’ contributions to the development costs.
Boom Aviation promises to offer travelers a better experience with the Overture, which is lighter, smaller, quieter and slightly slower than the Concorde.
“Each seat has a large window, from which you can see views from 60,000 feet, the curvature of the earth and the deeper blue sky,” Scholl said.
The airline’s engines also claim to fly carbon-free and use 100% sustainable fuels to carry travelers from one country to another without adding carbon dioxide to the earth’s atmosphere. doing.
Boom plans to build a “super factory” in North Carolina.
“I think we will eventually need hundreds of Overture aircraft to carry tens of millions of passengers around the world who can benefit from supersonic speed,” says Scholl.
The Overture aircraft is expected to begin flying in 2025 and carry passengers by 2029, according to an American Airlines press release.
American Airlines said in a release that the deal with Boom gives it the option to acquire an additional 40 aircraft.
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