The airline said it was ordering 15 jets that can travel faster than the speed of sound from Boom Supersonic, a startup in Denver, with an option to increase its order by up to 35 planes
A rendering provided by Boom Supersonic shows Boom Supersonic’s plane. United Airlines said Thursday, June 3, 2021, that it had committed to buying 15 planes from the company. Image: Boom Supersonic via The New York Times
The era of supersonic commercial flights came to an end when the Concorde completed its last trip between New York and London in 2003, but the allure of ultrafast air travel never quite died out.
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