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The Monitor Daily email. No advertising. Cancel anytime. Related stories Supersonic swan song And Now Son of Concorde Continental Concord crash conviction overturned by French court. Copy link Link copied. Renew subscription Return to the free version of the site. We logged you out. A US airline has unveiled plans to bring back supersonic transatlantic flights by the end of the decade. United Airlines has conditionally agreed to buy jets capable of flying at speeds of Mach 1. The firm is set to purchase 15 'Overture' airliners produced by US start-up firm Boom Supersonic - once they meet "demanding safety, operating and sustainability requirements".
It could see flight times slashed in half - with a journey from London to Newark in New Jersey taking three and a half hours. The record for the fastest flight by a commercial airline between New York and London is two hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds - set by Concorde in Concorde was retired from service in October after British Airways and Air France blamed a downturn in demand and increasing maintenance costs.
Coronavirus: Quarantine extension 'another devastating blow' to travel industry. The final Concorde departed three years after an Air France Concorde flight crashed into a hotel shortly after take-off from Paris - claiming the lives of people on board and a further four people on the ground in Those savings could make it possible for United to offer both premium and economy seating - although no final decision has been made about cabin layouts, Mr Leskinen said.
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