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   American Airlines will purchase up to twenty Boom Supersonic Overture   
   aircraft, both companies announced today. The airline has made an unrefundable   
   deposit for this. American has also taken options on forty additional   
   aircraft. United Airlines (35) and Japan Airlines (20) previously ordered the   
   supersonic passenger plane.   
       
   Boom unveiled a new and final production design of the Overture at the   
   Farnborough Airshow last month. The aircraft can carry 65 to 80 passengers and   
   flies twice as fast as current scheduled flights. The Overture, which has to   
   fly entirely on sustainable aviation fuel, will have a top speed of 2082   
   kilometers per hour (mach 1.7). The flight range is 4,250 nautical miles, just   
   under 8,000 kilometers.   
       
   According to Boom's latest prediction, the first test aircraft will be   
   delivered in 2025 and the Overture should carry the first passengers in 2029.   
   It remains to be seen whether these deadlines will be met: for example, no   
   engine manufacturer has yet been selected.   
      
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