Jet builder Aerion expects to fly silent supersonic planes by 2024, unlocking a $40 billion market

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Supersonic air travel is only a few years from returning if Aerion succeeds.

, and wants to target the private business jet market. Vice said his company sees a market for as many as 300 aircraft over a 10-year period, bringing in as much as $40 billion in revenue.

Aerion expects it will cost $4 billion total to develop AS2, with Vice saying the company has spent about $1 billion to build an engine for the jet. Aerion partnered withand uses "an off-the-shelf" engine core for AS2, the CEO said, which he believes was much less costly than developing an engine from scratch.

 

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Silent needs to be inverted commas. Never be a silent plane

Tupolev Tu-144. It conducted 102 commercial flights, of which only 55 carried passengers, at an average service altitude of 16,000 metres (52,000 ft) and cruised at a speed of around 2,000 kilometres per hour (1,200 mph)

BETTER START BUILDING LONG ENOUGH RUNWAYS FOR THESE PLANES ✈️ TO LAND 😱

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