This Supersonic Jet Could Make The NYC To London Commute In 3.5 Hours

Richard Branson's Virgin is working with startup Boom to make transatlantic trips twice as short.

Richard Branson is working with a Colorado aviation startup called Boom to bring back supersonic flights to the business world, the Guardian reports. Boom aims to create a new plane that can fly at supersonic speeds of up to Mach 2.2 (1,451 mph) and cost passengers as little as $5,000 round-trip to make the commute from New York to London is less than three and a half hours. Boom wouldn't be the first commercial supersonic passenger plane, of course. That title goes to the Concorde, which was retired in 2003.

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