American announces agreement to buy up to 20 Overture aircraft from Boom Supersonic
Aug 16, 2022, 8:53 am
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American announces agreement to buy up to 20 Overture aircraft from Boom Supersonic
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American Airlines and Boom Supersonic today announced the airline’s agreement to purchase up to 20 Overture aircraft, with an option for an additional 40. American has paid a non-refundable deposit on the initial 20 aircraft. Overture is expected to carry passengers at twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft.
More about the Boom Overture here https://boomsupersonic.com/overture
Aug 16, 2022, 9:20 am
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Interesting if this ever gets to built I'm assuming it would be attractive for very thin but long routes. Like a 175 to certain South American cities. But:
1. This thing would need to have proven economics
2. The acceptance of the a/c by the public. Would you want to be in a 175 for a six hour flight?
3. Cost of operation, including training costs
4. And of course the a/c actually needs to make it to market.
1. This thing would need to have proven economics
2. The acceptance of the a/c by the public. Would you want to be in a 175 for a six hour flight?
3. Cost of operation, including training costs
4. And of course the a/c actually needs to make it to market.
Aug 16, 2022, 9:20 am
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Aug 16, 2022, 9:23 am
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Boom would need to deliver a plane with reliability of service, good fuel burn, and excellent safety. Unless you are Airbus, Boeing, GE/Safran, Pratt, or Rolls Royce, that is a very tall order. It takes OEMs decades of building aircraft to develop this skillset and refine design ideas. I believe Boom has not contracted with an engine manufacturer yet.
Aug 16, 2022, 10:00 am
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Hey now their marketing page wikipedia article says their savings on things like fuel efficiency will allow them to offer fares equivalent to traditional wide body business fares. Whether that actually happens remains to be seen. As well as their ability to produce an engine meeting their needs. While they have it spec'd out, actually developing the engine meeting those specs has remained an elusive challenge. Probably something to do with wanting to create a non-afterburning engine to meet their fuel consumption goal, whereas afterburning, and its increased fuel consumption, is whats been typically usually needed for a jet to reach the thrust required to go supersonic. Understandable why they're struggling to get that critical piece of the puzzle.
The wiki article also gives a nice highlight of how the development of this project has progressed (or not, except for launch date being repeatedly delayed/pushed back)
The wiki article also gives a nice highlight of how the development of this project has progressed (or not, except for launch date being repeatedly delayed/pushed back)