US aviation start-up Boom's proposed airliner will have a long-range cruising speed of Mach 2.2. Photo: HandoutUS aviation start-up Boom's proposed airliner will have a long-range cruising speed of Mach 2.2. Photo: Handout
US aviation start-up Boom's proposed airliner will have a long-range cruising speed of Mach 2.2. Photo: Handout
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Online travel giant Ctrip bets China travellers are in a hurry with backing of US supersonic jet start-up Boom

Mainland Chinese travellers made 130 million trips last year, the most of any nation. Ctrip is betting that at least a small portion of that would pay for supersonic flights to get to their destinations in half the time

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Sarah Dai
Sarah Dai

Updated: 7:16am, 8 May, 2018

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US aviation start-up Boom's proposed airliner will have a long-range cruising speed of Mach 2.2. Photo: HandoutUS aviation start-up Boom's proposed airliner will have a long-range cruising speed of Mach 2.2. Photo: Handout
US aviation start-up Boom's proposed airliner will have a long-range cruising speed of Mach 2.2. Photo: Handout
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