Overview

• President Trump issued an executive order lifting the 52-year ban on civil supersonic flights over land and directed the FAA to revise noise regulations.
• Boom’s XB-1 became the first privately funded jet to exceed Mach 1 and proved boomless cruise by flying at high altitude with reduced overland speeds.
• Boom Supersonic has secured 130 orders and options from American Airlines, United and Japan Airlines for its planned Mach 1.7 Overture, which aims to halve transatlantic travel times.
• Overture’s design calls for 100 percent sustainable aviation fuel and a Mach 1.2 cruise profile over land to ensure sonic booms do not reach the ground.
• Analysts caution that development costs, limited sustainable fuel supplies and changing business-travel patterns could test the market viability of supersonic routes.