United orders $ 3 billion in supersonic aircraft
United Airlines is flying into the world of supersonic travel, after announcing a commercial agreement with Denver-based aerospace company Boom Supersonic to add 15 supersonic passenger aircraft to its fleet, with the option to purchase 35 at a later date.
At $ 200 million per aircraft, the deal is worth over $ 3 billion for the first phase alone. Both companies will work together to ensure that the aircraft's commercial operations, called “Overture,” are ready by 2029.
“The companies will work together to meet these requirements before delivery. Once operational, Overture is expected to be the first large, zero-carbon commercial aircraft from day one, optimized to run on 100% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). it is expected to launch in 2025, fly in 2026 and carry passengers by 2029. United and Boom will also work together to accelerate the production of more SAF supplies, ”reads a United Airlines press release. The plane sinks at Mach 1.7, roughly the cruising speed of the Concord, and that means flying from London to New York in 3.5 hours and from Los Angeles to Tokyo in 6 hours.
The plane is very reminiscent of the Anglo-French Concorde, whose commercial failure was linked to the US flyover ban, before the 2003 crash put it out of service. Now the Fed has promised to review supersonic overflight rules by 2022, thereby reopening the race for faster-than-sounding travel, coincidentally, just as some US startups are making a comeback in this industry.
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