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American Airlines will purchase up to twenty Boom Supersonic Overture
aircraft, both companies announced today. The airline has made an unrefundable
deposit for this. American has also taken options on forty additional
aircraft. United Airlines (35) and Japan Airlines (20) previously ordered the
supersonic passenger plane.
 
Boom unveiled a new and final production design of the Overture at the
Farnborough Airshow last month. The aircraft can carry 65 to 80 passengers and
flies twice as fast as current scheduled flights. The Overture, which has to
fly entirely on sustainable aviation fuel, will have a top speed of 2082
kilometers per hour (mach 1.7). The flight range is 4,250 nautical miles, just
under 8,000 kilometers.
 
According to Boom's latest prediction, the first test aircraft will be
delivered in 2025 and the Overture should carry the first passengers in 2029.
It remains to be seen whether these deadlines will be met: for example, no
engine manufacturer has yet been selected.

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