The Concorde aircraft, despite actually managing to be profitable, proved that airlines could, in theory, turn a profit if ...

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It’s now almost 55 years since the 002 prototype for Concorde first flew at Mach 1 on March 25, 1970, and more than 21 years since commercial supersonic travel ended with the Anglo-French ...

It’s been more than 20 years since the last supersonic passenger ... and cramped - hardly a luxury experience for the money. The death blow came when an Air France Concorde was involved in ...

Boom Technology’s XB-1 test plane. On January 28, 2025, it became the first commercial-type aircraft to fly supersonic since the Concorde in 2003. Today, for the first time since Concorde was ...

Former Concorde ... supersonic test flight through to service entry will be a formidable task at a time when even regular flights are being challenged by climate campaigners as an unnecessary luxury.

The XB-1 has been dubbed the “Son of Concorde,” referencing the supersonic plane that could fly from London to New York in under three hours before it was retired in 2003. The Concorde was ...

THE 'Son of Concorde' XB-1 jet has successfully reached supersonic speeds today, breaking the sound barrier for the first time. The milestone makes the XB-1 the first US-built civil jet to reach ...