The Return of Supersonic Travel: Is the Concorde Back?

Is supersonic travel making a comeback? The XB-1 by Boom Supersonic, a sleek prototype also known as "Baby Boom," is here to answer that question. As the precursor to the Boom Overture, the XB-1 is a step towards reviving faster-than-sound passenger flights, a dream that has been dormant since the Concorde's retirement.
Boom Supersonic's XB-1's aerodynamics and materials are designed for high-speed travel, aiming to overcome historical challenges like high fuel consumption and noise. The Boom Overture, expected to be in service within the decade, promises to cut transatlantic flight times in half, revolutionizing long-distance travel and making global cities more accessible.
Could the Boom Overture reignite public interest in supersonic travel? Equipped with modern advancements and inheriting the pioneering spirit of the Concorde, the Overture has the potential to transform international travel and shrink the world even further.
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[@shenmisheshou7002]

The big hurdle to this plane being commercially successful is summed up in one word: Slots. To take off, you need a departure slot, and to land, you need an arrival slot. Now the problem is that the plane only seats about to 100 people, and that means that you have to take a slot from another plane, and some of those planes can carry up to 500 passengers. Many of those passengers fill up seats on continuing flights so now you continuing flights have empty seats. Also, this plane won't carry cargo, and a 777 can carry 21,00 KG of cargo along with a full load of passengers and baggage, and the airlines make a lot of money off of cargo. So, to move that same 300 people, you would have to make three trips and that would take three slots, that could be used to move up to 1500 people and fill hundreds of seats on connecting flights. JFK and Heathrow have no more slots, and many other large airports also don't have slots unless you wish to fly in at times that would be undesirable to people that would have the money for the ticket. You can't move your big planes to those slots because there would be no connecting flights. Now Boom may sell some of these jets, but the question is whether the operators can make a profit at them, and BAE and Air France could not, and my guess is that anyone flying the Boom will have the same challenge. Now maybe some wealthy people will buy some for personal transports.

[@replica1052]

for staship point to point rocket travel - spiral/shuffle everyone with window seats, flight attendants shuffle you back in after your zero g experience

[@militarymechanicsie]

Great video.

[@user-wy3fo3rr5x]

Hi my name is Antonio Perez I would love to go to the Philippines from Brooklyn NY but that would take 16 hrs from Brooklyn Ny to the Philippines And doing back from the Philippines to New York City is a outher 16 hrs as well

[@gary5807]

I wonder if the us will ban supersonic flight of these U.S. built craft. lol Like they did with the Concorde.

[@Star-bp5jj]

The Ban to fly across land is still an active ban. They will not be allowed since the Sonic boom noise is the same as concorde. Boom will have to operate Pacific/Atlanic

[@Aleksmskrf]

The Soviet Union had previously recognized the uselessness of supersonic technology in civil aviation. Any development of civil supersonic flights will not be promising. Modern flight standards in civil aviation are very demanding. P.S. The first flight of a supersonic civil aircraft was carried out in the USSR on December 31, 1968. The supersonic flight program ended in Russia on June 26, 1999.

[@qutibplay1152]

No. It's expensive, inefficient, and still takes a long time. Maglev in a vacuum tube is more promising.

[@Jul676869]

In the oceans??

[@qutibplay1152]

@@Jul676869 yes