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United airline company strikes deal for Boom supersonic aircraft – ABC News
The possibility of supersonic air travel is alive again, with US airline United signing a deal to buy as many as 50 new fast jets from Boom.
The possibility of supersonic air travel is alive again, with US airline United signing a deal to buy as many as 50 new fast jets from Boom.
- United has made a conditional deal to buy 15 Boom Overture supersonic airliners
- The plane is designed to travel at 1.7 times the speed of sound and make the New York to London trip in around 3.5 hours
- Boom hopes the Overture will be in the air by 2026 and operational by 2029
Under the terms of the agreement between the two companies, United will buy 15 of Boom’s…
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