A Korean Airlines jet plane approaches Los Angeles International Airport as low clouds gather over the Pacific ahead of forecasted rain in Los Angeles, Sunday, Feb ...

American aerospace startup Boom made history on Tuesday by breaking the sound barrier during the test flight of its Boom Supersonic XB-1 demonstrator jet. The XB-1's flight, livestreamed from the ...

Savior of many a cramped pair of legs, the jet stream is well known for lopping roughly an hour off long haul west-to-east flights. But it's working especially hard for travelers in economy class ...

Seven down. Three to go. Boom Supersonic—the developer of a 64-to-80-passenger commercial airliner that flies faster than the speed of sound—last week set speed and altitude records with its XB-1 test ...

Boom Supersonic has an impressive new speed record in its latest test flight with its XB-1. With its vision set to revolutionize air travel, this is a huge step to make things happen. The test flight ...

FAA approval is another step toward the startup's revival of supersonic international commercial flights Boom Supersonic has passed another milestone in developing the supersonic jetliner it plans to ...

Commercial supersonic flight sped closer to returning as the Boom Supersonic XB-1 prototype reached a transonic speed of Mach 0.95 during Test Flight 11 on January 10, 2025, in the skies over the ...

MOJAVE, Calif. -- The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound, but a major milestone was achieved Tuesday when Boom Supersonic completed its ...

Scientists in China have announced that a jumbo jet prototype built by them had managed to reach hypersonic speeds (Mach 5 and above) during a flight test. The scientists claim that the aircraft ...

Supersonic passenger flight worked technically – but never added up commercially It is 50 years since Concorde began ...