Venus Aerospace has the goal of building a hypersonic aircraft that can carry perhaps a dozen passengers and travel at the astonishingly fast speed of Mach 9, or more than 11,000 kilometers an hour.

It is the speed of the aircraft that makes it the most preferable choice for fliers as they cover long distances in a very short time compared to other modes of transport. This is true for passenger, ...

The legendary aircraft, capable of Mach 2 (1,350 mph), could fly from New York to London in only three hours, compared to eight for a regular plane. Boom Supersonic aims to return Mach speeds to ...

According to the company, the C949 will be able to fly at speeds of up to Mach 1.7 (1,805 km/h), slower than the Concorde, which previously flew at approximately Mach 2. However, the new aircraft ...

Though slightly slower than the Russian plane at Mach 2.04, ... In today's money, a round trip ticket would cost a passenger the equivalent of $66,000. Suddenly, ...

Revival of supersonic air travel is a subject which has largely been relegated to 'silly season' status in the two decades ...

A Chinese aerospace firm has completed the first test flight of a passenger plane that it claims can fly at Mach 4 – more than twice the speed of Concorde.. Beijing-based Space Transportation ...

Convair isn't the world's biggest aircraft maker, ... Convair went for speed first, and the 990 could go as fast as Mach .85. Passenger capacity was limited to 149 people, though.

The state-of-the-art engine's successful Mach 4 flight (3,106 mph / 5,000 km/h) at 65,000 ft (19,812 m) marks a crucial step for the Chinese company as the engine is going to be the heart of the ...

The XB-1 tests will feed directly into the creation of the Boom Overture, a proposed supersonic passenger aircraft capable of traveling as fast as Mach 1.7 — or 1,304 mph (2,099 km/h).

Incredible passenger plane 'fastest since Concorde' can travel 17 hours non-stop ... It has a top speed of up to Mach .94 and a baseline range of 7,700 nautical miles (14,260km).