High above a barren California desert on Tuesday, a privately developed aircraft broke the sound barrier for the first time ...

Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator plane just went supersonic in the skies over California’s Mojave desert, making it the first civil aircraft to break the sound barrier. The American startup’s plane ...

A crash is considered “survivable” by the National Transportation Safety Board if the forces transmitted to passengers don’t ...

XB-1 hit supersonic, hypnotic speeds on Tuesday, making American aviation history. XB-1 is the first commercial aircraft to ...

Today, however, was the first time a commercial-type airliner, the XB-1, went supersonic since, touching Mach 1.1 in its ...

Japan Airlines is set to introduce riblet-shaped coating, shown to improve fuel efficiency, on its B787 long-haul flights ...

The return of supersonic travel has been remarkably slow for something faster than the speed of sound, but a landmark moment ...

Only a few of the greatest purchasers of the Boeing 747 were US airlines, and some still have them in service.

The test flight of the XB-1 aircraft is a step in manufacturer Boom Supersonic's goals of building a supersonic passenger jet ...

Some 55 years after the first commercial flight of the Boeing 747, four airlines still fly passenger versions, including ...

Japan Airlines is dramatically increasing flight connections to the U.S. for the summer, which means getting to Japan will be ...

Boom Supersonic, the American company building what promises to be the world’s fastest airliner, broke the sound barrier for ...