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

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

Topic | Technology

Sarah Dai in Beijing

Published: 6:33am, 8 May, 2018

Updated: 7:16am, 8 May, 2018

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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Sarah Dai

Sarah Dai, based in Beijing, covers technology and capital flows in the world of start-ups in Greater China. Previously, she worked as financial correspondent for Caixin Media in Hong Kong for over two years and wrote for China Daily in Beijing and London.