American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Overture aircraft

Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by delisam on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:00PM (#32488044)

Didn't the founder say he envisions supersonic tickets to be $100? I can't even buy any subsonic tix for less than $120.

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by nerpderp82 on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:03PM (#32488092)

I can envision teleportation.

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by wmeredith on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:04PM (#32488106)

This is hilarious, if true. I flew on a shitty subsonic flight from the midwest to Utah earlier this year and it was $450/ticket when I bought them 6 months out.

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by reaperducer on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @05:48PM (#32489430)

I flew on a shitty subsonic flight from the midwest to Utah earlier this year and it was $450/ticket when I bought them 6 months out.

I flew 2,000 miles between the Midwest and the west coast last week. $109 each way, with checked baggage, booked three weeks out.

I like Utah, but let's not pretend that your flight (or mine) is representative of anything.

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by runarberg on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @08:29PM (#32490862)

Still, you have to admit that 100 USD is in no touch with reality (if it was actually said).

We are talking about a plane that will burn much more fuel (which they claim will be carbon neutral) and fly a fraction of the passengers per trip, on routes that are already very competitive. 100 USD will only be a heavily subsidized fare at best. In reality the cost per route will much more likely be far higher.

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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by dghughes on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @04:45PM (#32488675)

Here in south-eastern Canada it used to cost $800 to fly 180km to fly from my town to Halifax. Now I see it's only around $300 to $600.

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