Supersonic

Revisit the supersonic era at San Francisco

San Fran goes supersonic with a display from the fascinating ‘faster than sound’ era.

American Airlines bets on new supersonic era

The US carrier cites supersonic travel between Miami and London in five hours, and LAX to Honolul...

Concorde 2.0: is this the new shape of supersonic flight?

Travellers could be setting off on this next-gen supersonic jet by the end of this decade.

The supersonic Qantas jet that never flew

Breakfast in Sydney and lunch in Singapore?

United bets on a supersonic future with $4bn jet order

United’s initial order for 15 Boom Overture commercial supersonic jetliners won’t start flying un...

Boeing-backed Aerion supersonic private jet marker collapses

Sky-high dreams dashed by economic reality as Aerion's supersonic private jet fails to make the l...

Supersonic dreams: Qantas almost flew the Concorde

Some 60 years ago, the Flying Kangaroo was eager to get hopping faster than the speed of sound.

Aerion aims high with 'near-hypersonic' 50-passenger AS3 jet

Boomless cruise technology and advanced IT systems would help plot a flight path favouring supers...

Aerion wants to build a Mach 4 supersonic jet

Commercial flying at the speed of sound is closer to a comeback as rivals position themselves for...

Virgin Galactic, Rolls-Royce team up for Mach 3 jet

The faster-than-Concorde Mach 3 would have room for nine to 16 people in first or business class ...

Virgin Australia exec joins supersonic startup Spike

Virgin's John Thomas jumps into the race to create a supersonic private jet.

Corporate jets the key to supersonic flying: Sir Tim Clark

Supersonic superjumbos are unlikely any time soon, but smaller, speedier jets could gel with corp...

New challenges for the new era of supersonic jets

Many business travellers are eagerly awaiting a supersonic renaissance, but delays to the new wav...

Boeing partners with Aerion on AS2 supersonic jet

Boeing is putting its weight behind efforts to develop a next-generation supersonic jet and start...

Boom expects first supersonic flights this year

Supersonic startup Boom plans to begin test flights this year ahead of a commercial debut for it...

Bremont and BA team up on Supersonic watch

Watches may ostensibly serve to tell the time, but their ticking heart is really more about telli...

Private supersonic jets get one step closer

General Electric has completed its initial design for the first commercial supersonic aircraft en...

Boeing's hypersonic passenger jet

London to New York in two hours? Sydney to Europe in five hours? That could be the schedule for b...