In recent years there have been companies working to create supersonic commercial aircraft.
But it will be a service only for the very rich.
Virgin Galactic is working to create a supersonic aircraft that can travel at a speed of 4,000 kilometers per hour. This speed is 3 times the speed of sound. This means that the trip from London to New York will take less than two hours, while today it takes seven. From Sydney to London the journey will be completed in 4 hours, something that takes place today at 19. Another very impressive thing about the aircraft is that it will fly at an altitude of 60,000 feet, which is twice what conventional planes fly. The supplier of engines for this aircraft will be Rolls Royce.
Passengers will be between 9 and 19. The cost of the ticket is estimated to be 100,000 US dollars.
Another company is Hermeus, which will build the new Air Force One, which is the aircraft in the service of the president of the USA. It is estimated to be ready in ten years and will be able to travel at 5 times the speed of sound. This means that it will take 1.5 hours from Washington to Paris.
There is even a third company working for this purpose which is Lockheed Martin.
[Source: http://www.scmp.com]
