United CEO Says Boom's 2029 Overture Delivery Will Slip
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Updated · Ars Technica · Oct 30
United CEO Says Boom's 2029 Overture Delivery Will Slip
3 articles · Updated · Ars Technica · Oct 30
Summary
Scott Kirby said Boom Supersonic will miss its official 2029 target for delivering the first Overture airliner, telling a podcast the aircraft "isn't going to happen in '29."
The doubt undercuts Boom's long-stated plan to win certification and carry its first paying passengers by 2029, even as the company promotes a broader push into gas turbines for AI data centers.
United is one of Boom's earliest customers, alongside American Airlines and Japan Airlines, through conditional purchase agreements tied to non-refundable deposits of undisclosed size.
Boom's timeline questions come despite regulatory momentum: the FAA proposed in June to lift the U.S. ban on commercial supersonic overland flights after a Trump executive order.