The airline will purchase 15 units of Overture with passenger operation expected by 2029.
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By definition, a supersonic aircraft is one which can travel at a speed faster than that of sound. Several supersonic aircrafts have been developed over the decades but only two of them were intended as civilian airliners: the lesser known Tupolev TU-144 of the Soviet Union and the more famous Concorde of British and French origin. Back in the days, a supersonic flight was roughly twice as fast as a regular flight. It would have transported passengers from New York City to London in just under three hours, for example.

Introducing the United supersonic fleet.@United will purchase up to 50 Overture airliners and fly the fleet on 100% sustainable aviation fuels. https://t.co/zVG2aMCVKx #BoomSupersonic pic.twitter.com/kg9eoFT2Ww— Boom Supersonic (@boomaero) June 3, 2021
This writer has been inside a Concorde at a museum once but never had the chance to take an actual flight with one because the aircraft was retired in 2003, bringing a close to one very important chapter of commercial aviation. Maybe, just maybe, Boom?s Overture will give me my first supersonic experience, 60,000 feet above the ground, eight or nine years away from now.

Boom Supersonic is an American firm established in 2014 with the goal of redefining commercial air travel through the development of supersonic commerci...