American Airways on Tuesday agreed to purchase 20 supersonic jets that may journey at 1,300 miles per hour however are years away from hitting the pleasant skies.
The Texas-based airline put down a non-refundable deposit for the fleet of Growth Supersonic Overture jets and has the choice to purchase 40 extra.
Growth calls its planes the “world’s quickest airliner” as a result of they will make it from Miami to London journey in slightly below 5 hours or Los Angeles to Honolulu in three.
Tickets to fly from New York to London — a 3 and a half hour journey — would price about $4,000 to $5,000.
The supersonic jets can be utilized by American Airways for worldwide journey solely, as planes should keep under the velocity of sound whereas touring over land, reported the Dallas Morning News. The Overture may ramp as much as Mach 1.7 over water and carry 65 to 80 passengers.
The jets are nonetheless within the experimental part, however Growth hopes to conduct flight testing as early as 2026. Passengers may very well be touring within the Overturn as early as 2029 if all goes effectively.
Final 12 months, United Airways agreed to buy 15 Growth jets, which can fly solely on sustainable aviation gas, usually made out of plant materials.
Supersonic jet journey died off twenty years in the past after the Concorde was retired by Air France and British Airways after a lethal crash and excessive gas and upkeep prices.
With Put up wires
