Ukunikezelwa kwejet ye-United Overture ye-supersonic jet yexesha elizayo.Boom Supersonic I-United Airlines yafumana ilahleko ezixabisa i-7 yeebhiliyoni zeedola kunyaka ophelileyo njengoko i-COVID-19 yabeka uhambo lokuhamba komoya kwihlabathi jikelele. Kodwa imeko yezemali imfiliba ayimisanga inqwelo moya ukuba ithulule imali kwizinto ezintsha ezinokuvela, ezinje Ii-eVTOL kunye neejets eziphezulu. NgoLwesine, i-United ibhengeze isivumelwano malunga ne-Bover Supersonic ye-Denver ye-15 yeejethi zayo ze-Overture eziya kunciphisa ixesha lokuhamba phakathi kweNew York neLondon ukuya kwiiyure eziyi-3.5 kwiminyaka embalwa.
Iijets supersonic azikakhiwa okanye zamkelwe ngabalawuli okwangoku. I-Boom iceba ukwazisa imodeli yokuqala ye-Overture yorhwebo ngo-2025 kwaye ibhabhe ngo-2026. Eyona nkonzo yabakhweli ayizukuqala de kube ngu-2029, iqikelela inkampani.
Isivumelwano seza kwiinyanga ezintathu emva kokuba i-United ibeke i-odolo ye-1 yezigidigidi zangaphambi koku-qhuba kwe-air-vertical-off-and-landing (eVTOL) yenqwelomoya eyenziwe yi-Archer Aviation eneminyaka emibini. I-Archer iphuhlisa imodeli yayo yokuqala kwiziko elikufutshane nesikhululo senqwelomoya iPalo Alto. Iprototype enobuninzi beemayile ezingama-60 kunye nesantya se-150 mph kulindeleke ukuba ityhilwe kamva kulo nyaka kwaye ifumane isatifikethi se-FAA ngowama-2024.
Zombini iikhontrakthi zika-Archer kunye neBoom ziqulathe ukhetho lwe-United lokuthenga inqwelomoya ngakumbi kwixesha elizayo.
Zimbini kuphela iijethi zorhwebo zabakhweli kwimbali: iConcorde, edityaniswe ngokudibeneyo yiBritish Airways kunye neAir France, kunye neSoviet Tupolev Tu-144. Tu-144 waba kwinkonzo iminyaka emibini kuphela. I-Concorde yayibaleke kakhulu (iminyaka engama-27) kodwa yagqitywa ngo-2003 ngenxa yeendleko eziphezulu zokusebenza kunye nengozi eyabulala ngo-2000.
Isithethi sase-United sithe i-Overture yenzelwe ukuba neendleko zokusebenza eziphantsi ngama-75 eepesenti kuneConcorde.
I-United iyaqhubeka kwindlela yayo yokwakha inqwelo moya entsha, ezinzileyo kunye nenkqubela phambili yanamhlanje kwitekhnoloji eyenza ukuba ibenako ukubandakanya iinqwelomoya, umphathi we-United uScott Kirby utshilo kwingxelo ngoLwesine.
Isantya esiphindwe kabini ngokukhawuleza, abakhweli be-United baya kufumana zonke izibonelelo zobomi ezihlala emntwini, ukusuka kubunzulu, ubudlelwane obunemveliso ngakumbi ukuya kubude, iiholide zokuphumla kwiindawo ezikude, utshilo u-CEO weBoom Supersonic u-Blake Scholl.
U-Boom uxelwe kwangaphambili ukuba abe ne-Virgin Atlantic Airways, iJapan Airlines (JAL), kunye nabanye abathengi abathathu abangachazwanga. Ukuqala kwamkela utyalo-mali lwe-10 yezigidi zeedola kwi-JAL ngo-2017.
Ngo-Epreli, i-United yabika ilahleko ye- $ 1.4 yezigidigidi kwikota yokuqala, yandisa unyaka okhohlakeleyo ophazanyiswa ngulo bhubhane. I-airline yakwazi ukugcina indawo yokuhlala enempilo kuyo yonke i-2020, phantse i-20 yezigidigidi esandleni ekupheleni konyaka, ikakhulu ngenxa yemali yokuhlangula ekhoyo phantsi kwenkqubo yemali mboleko yeCARES.
