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American Airlines places order for 20 supersonic aircraft
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:42 am
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:42 am
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American Airlines and Boom Supersonic today announced the airline’s agreement to purchase up to 20 Overture aircraft, with an option for an additional 40. American has paid a non-refundable deposit on the initial 20 aircraft. Overture is expected to carry passengers at twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft. Boom Supersonic’s Overture would introduce an important new speed advantage to American’s fleet, which is currently the simplest, youngest and most efficient among U.S. network carriers. Under the terms of the agreement, Boom must meet industry-standard operating, performance and safety requirements as well as American’s other customary conditions before delivery of any Overtures. “Looking to the future, supersonic travel will be an important part of our ability to deliver for our customers,” said Derek Kerr, American’s Chief Financial Officer. “We are excited about how Boom will shape the future of travel both for our company and our customers.” Overture is being designed to carry 65 to 80 passengers at Mach 1.7 over water — or twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft — with a range of 4,250 nautical miles. Optimized for speed, safety and sustainability, Overture is also being designed to fly more than 600 routes around the world in as little as half the time. Flying from Miami to London in just under five hours and Los Angeles to Honolulu in three hours are among the many possibilities.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:44 am to hawgfaninc
And yet American will still cancel flights and have the worst customer service in America.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:44 am to hawgfaninc
Reactionary American Airlines is being reactionary again. United has had an order for a ton of those for years.
Meanwhile, Delta will still be flying 30 year old planes around, albeit retrofitted on the inside.
Meanwhile, Delta will still be flying 30 year old planes around, albeit retrofitted on the inside.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:44 am to hawgfaninc
Interesting.
Why did the Concorde go out of fashion?
Why did the Concorde go out of fashion?
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:46 am to hawgfaninc
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American Airlines places order for 20 supersonic aircraft
...and they've already cancelled a few of the flights with no rescheduling.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:47 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Why did the Concorde go out of fashion?
Didn't the wheels hit a wrench on the runway and blow it the frick up?
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:47 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Why did the Concorde go out of fashion?
It was old. It was noisy. It was expensive. The French crashed it. It was still exhilarating to fly on.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:47 am to hawgfaninc
Interesting timing with all of the current headwinds against international business travel. I hope the economies of it work, though. Europe isn’t terrible from the US, but that would be a great option to Asia if it isn’t price prohibitive.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:48 am to hawgfaninc
can't imagine how much that will cost...isn't that why concord went out of business?
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:48 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Why did the Concorde go out of fashion?
It was expensive.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:48 am to Sasquatch Smash
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:50 am to Sasquatch Smash
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Why did the Concorde go out of fashion?
Incredibly inefficient engine design, mixed with low demand.
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:50 am to hawgfaninc
But what about the carbon footprint?
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:51 am to TheDeathValley
I’m afraid to fly United at regular travel speeds…
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:51 am to 0x15E
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mixed with low demand.
That's simply not true for the most part. There was rarely an empty seat on it.
Unless you meant demand by airlines to buy the design. That was effectively created because of regulations severely limiting when it could go supersonic.
This post was edited on 8/16/22 at 10:53 am
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:51 am to H2O Tiger
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Meanwhile, Delta will still be flying 30 year old planes around, albeit retrofitted on the inside.
Without screens nor USB charging ports
Posted on 8/16/22 at 10:52 am to 0x15E
talking about 50s technology, actually pretty advanced for its time
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