Boom’s Overture to be airborne in ‘four years’

February 5, 2025

Boom Supersonic’s CEO, Blake Scholl, has said that the company aims to have its Overture aircraft flying within four years.
The timeline follows the successful supersonic flight of their XB-1 demonstrator, which reached Mach 1.1 on January 28, 2025.
The XB-1’s achievement marks the first human-piloted civil supersonic flight since Concorde’s retirement over two decades ago.
Building on this momentum, Boom plans to have Overture in the air by 2029.
Designed to cruise at Mach 1.7, the Overture will accommodate 64 to 80 passengers and has already secured orders from major airlines, including American Airlines, United Airlines, and Japan Airlines. However industry analysts are sceptical about whether the aircraft, if it reaches production, could be a commercial success.
Scholl’s vision is to make supersonic travel mainstream, reducing flight times significantly and connecting the world more efficiently.
He wrote on X: “Next week Monday or Tuesday will be XB-1’s final flight, and our last flight before Overture’s first takeoff in about 4 years,” adding: “Safety-critical engineering is far too slow and we are working hard to speed it up without compromising safety.”