A flight from San Francisco to Tokyo taking just six hours? United Airlines signaled it’s ready to revive supersonic air travel.
Are travelers ready to take supersonic flights once again, nearly 20 years after the famed Concorde jet took its last trip across the Atlantic? That could come down to how expensive the tickets are.
Boom is slated to roll out the Overture jets in 2025, and the companies are hoping to begin flying passengers on the aircraft as soon as 2029, though the planes will need to be cleared by regulators first. “If Boom can show that it’s possible to make flying cheaper and faster, it’s likely to force competing airlines to lower their prices on long-haul routes in response,” Staab said.
But the Concorde wasn’t all that profitable for the airlines that flew it. Despite ticket prices that could reach as high as $8,000 for a roundtrip flight between London and New York in 1997, or more than $13,000, it wasn’t seen as a lucrative venture. The United spokeswoman said it is “too early to know how tickets will be priced that far in the future.”
— Scott Keyes, founder of travel website Scott’s Cheap Flights United will likely opt to have the planes travel between major business hubs — such as Tokyo, Los Angeles, New York or London — rather than tourist destinations like Miami or Hawaii, Keyes said. This, in part, reflects the audience that would be most eager for a supersonic travel experience even at top-dollar prices.
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