In travel news this week, Pakistan’s new airport with no planes or passengers, the triangular aircraft that could transform ...

Boom Supersonic ... scale supersonic passenger air travel—something governments have struggled to accomplish. In a press release, Boom emphasizes that supersonic aircraft have historically ...

NASA's experimental X-59 aircraft continues to make progress toward its first flight with a new successful round of testing. The X-59 "quiet" supersonic jet was designed to break the sound barrier ...

Some of the concepts are intended to carry more ... It has been more than 20 years since a supersonic passenger aircraft soared, and it's unclear when or if another one will.

However, it would take the failure of the supersonic Concorde jet for us to discover that most passengers would choose cheaper fares over shorter flights. The Convair 990 was indeed the fastest ...

The Griffith VTO was one of the most ambitious aircraft concepts ever devised—designed to be a supersonic passenger plane capable of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). Equipped with an ...

NASA has snapped a stunning image of a supersonic plane breaking the sound barrier ... Air France and British Airways cited low passenger numbers and high maintenance costs.

A civilian jet broke the sound barrier for the first time Tuesday while making a historic test flight over the Mojave Desert. The XB-1 aircraft, manufactured by Boom Supersonic, was piloted by ...

An aircraft developed by Boom Supersonic became ... a crowd of delighted onlookers as the company works to revive supersonic passenger travel, which died with the grounding of the Anglo-French ...

A prototype of a passenger jet meant to succeed Concorde will attempt to break the sound barrier for the first time on Tuesday. Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator is set to exceed Mach 1 (770 ...

Boom Supersonic, based in Colorado, is developing the world’s first supersonic passenger aircraft since the demise of Concorde. While the full-size aircraft is still a few years away, the company has ...

if successful, the X-59 could someday pave the way for quieter supersonic passenger aircraft.