If you boil it down to the basic facts, the era of commercial supersonic flight was a European phenomenon. Concorde, its ...

Virgin Galactic, a brand of Sir Richard Branson famous for its low-earth orbit rocket ship, has decided to throw its hat into ...

The race for quiet supersonic flight takes a leap forward with NASA's X-59. But what challenges remain before it becomes a ...

More than 20 years since the Concorde made its final journey, industry insiders have confirmed that the next generation of ...

You might wonder why it’s taken so long for supersonic flight to make a comeback - but a key development has now cleared the ...

Planes are slow, and apart from the Concorde, they reached peak speed around 40 years ago, flying under the speed of sound.

After the Space Race there was the supersonic race, as three countries vied to build the first passenger supersonic airliner ...

Concorde, the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, operated from 1976 to 2003. Flown by royals, celebrities, and executives, it was discontinued because of high operating costs. A Concorde ...

Concorde was grounded and finally retired in 2003, and in June 2025 the United States cleared a piece of legislation which ...

The iconic Concorde could be set to make a return to the skies in the coming years, with the supersonic aircraft set to cut ...

French Transport Minister Jean-Claude Gayssot has said he is convinced that Concorde flights will resume -- despite the supersonic jet being grounded following the disaster near Paris two months ago.

Flight durations on popular corridors including London to New York or Los Angeles to Washington could be slashed to merely ...