Boom expects the airlines to be profitable at about $5,000 USD a seat, which of course is a high price tag, and the company ...

US aerospace firm wants to accept passengers by the end of 2029. But what was Concorde, its famous supersonic plane ...

SPEEDY flights that blast off faster than the speed of sound look set to return to skies as a US company reveals huge progress on a new Concorde-like service. Boom’s XB-1 jet, dubbed the ...

Boom hopes its breakthrough will allow supersonic flights over land, making US coast-to-coast flights 90 minutes faster.

The same airspace saw Chuck Yeager become the first person to exceed the speed of sound in 1947. Boom’s test plane is named after Mr Yeager’s iconic aircraft, the Bell X-1. Former Concorde ...

Virgin Galactic, a brand of Sir Richard Branson famous for its low-earth orbit rocket ship, has decided to throw its hat into the aviation market place. Specifically, with a supersonic jet capable of ...

The content is produced solely by The Conversation. Last week, American company Boom Supersonic flew faster than the speed of ...

A supersonic jet built by US company Boom has broken the sound barrier for the first time since the Concorde during a test flight.

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for its first time with a test flight in Mojave, California, on Tuesday.

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator is set to exceed Mach 1 (770 mph) in a series of four-minute runs above the Mojave Desert in California. The US firm hopes it will pave the way for the introduction ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached supersonic speeds today, breaking the sound barrier for the first time. The milestone makes the XB-1 the first US-built civil jet to reach ...

Colorado company Boom Supersonic plans to break the sound barrier with its test plane XB-1 during a test flight this morning, with the flight due to be streamed live online ...