Overture in flight at dusk, high above a glowing horizon

Overture: The world's
fastest airliner

Mach 1.7. Half the travel time. Fares similar to today's business class.

Overture will fly passengers between global destinations in half the time of today's aircraft, with orders and pre-orders from United, American and Japan Airlines.

Overture seen from below: the fuselage between the wings and the engines under them

Overture banking away, its four engines under the delta wing

Two of Overture's engines side by side under the wing

Pressure waves

Undisturbed air

Shock front

Mach angle 36.0°

Subsonic
Transonic
Supersonic

Fig. 01 Shock cone at supersonic speed

What is supersonic flight?

Supersonic flight means flying faster than the speed of sound, about 660 mph at 60,000 ft. Overture cruises at Mach 1.7, around 1,100 mph and twice the speed of today’s airliners.

Cruise Speed Mach 1.7

Cruise Altitude: 60,000 ft
Range: 4,250 nmi
Passengers: 64–80
Global routes: 600+
Orders and pre-orders: 130
SAF compatible: 100%

Global routes,
cut in half

New York → London

3h 40m

Overture · Mach 1.7 · 60,000 ft

6h 30mConventional · 30,000 ft

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Fig. 02Great-circle route, New York to LondonAltitude exaggerated

Overture in United Airlines livery flying above the clouds

Trusted by the world's
leading airlines

x orders
x orders
pre order

A whole new world at 60k feet

A new era of travel

An all-premium cabin with ample room to relax or focus, large windows, premium materials and next-generation connectivity, at fares similar to today’s business class.

An aircraft window edged in blue light in a darkened cabin, beside a seat

Altitude

30,000 ft

Symphony: an engine built for supersonic flight

Its core already runs in Superpower

No off-the-shelf engine could do this, so Boom is building its own. Symphony shares its core with Superpower, which is already running and building hours and reliability data before Symphony ever flies.

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