Concorde supersonic aircraft, The latest news will be no replacement and has been in demand by China.
The aircraft can cut travel time from Shanghai to Los Angeles within 5 hours. Tokyo to San Francisco is only 5.5 hours and Sydney to Los Angeles is only 6 hours.
In recent years, aeronautical startups have begun to pioneer supersonic aircraft again. As is known, Concorde aircraft have retired in 2003 past.
His successor is Boom Technology, a company from the United States. It has raised USD 85 million for its funding from investors, such as Virgin Atlantic Airways and Japan Airlines also reportedly investing USD 10 million to pre-order 20 of the 55-seat aircraft. Scheduled to debut in 2023 later that.
Ctrip, Asia's largest travel service provider from China with 300 million customers becoming Boom Technology's first strategic partner.
China promises to be one of the largest markets of supersonic aircraft travel. The demand for air travel is huge and the Chinese are increasingly interested in spending money on an experience.
In the first phase, Boom Technology has announced plans to fly XB-1, a two-seater demonstration plane in 2019. It is as proof of concept.
If that goes well, the company will begin its primary mission, which is to build a supersonic commercial jet fleet that will fly at Mach 2.2. Its speed is equivalent to 1,451 mph.
The second difference is in ticket prices, with fewer seats, more affordable Boom rates. Comparison of PP Concorde tickets is about USD 11,000-13,000 for a New York-London trip, but Boom only pegs tickets around USD 5,000 on the same route.
According to the company's official website, the passenger seat is guaranteed to be wider. Each seat provides lockers for storage and large windows for panoramic view from a height of 60,000 feet.
The United States itself prohibits supersonic flight because of the thunderous sound disturbing the population. To muffle the noise, the design of the plane has a very long nose and very wide wings.
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