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Boom Supersonic: 'Anywhere in the world in four hours for $100'
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US startup Boom Supersonic is developing a Mach 2.2 airplane that's three times faster than today's commercial jets. But its long-term goal, its CEO tells CNN, is is to "fly anywhere in the world in four hours for $100"
(CNN) — The aviation industry is in crisis, there's a global push to cut carbon emissions, and many of us haven't stepped on a plane or hugged far-flung loved ones in more than a year. Reviving the supersonic dream that died with Concorde's retirement nearly two decades ago seems, at first, like an outrageous fantasy. The British-French airliner Concorde, one of only two supersonic jets to have operated commercially, flew from 1969 to 2003 and was ludicrously expensive and an environmental disaster.More Related News