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Supersonic passenger aircraft may be returning – here’s what that would mean for the climate

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par Kshitij Sabnis, Lecturer in Aerospace Engineering, Queen Mary University of London

The US aerospace company Boom Supersonic recently announced it has successfully tested its latest aircraft, the XB-1. The company is developing a larger plane and aims to begin passenger flights at supersonic (faster than sound) speed within the next five years, and claims it already has orders from a handful of airlines.

However, with ever-increasing scrutiny on the environmental…

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