United CEO says Boom’s Overture will miss its 2029 debut
Original title: United Airlines CEO doubts supersonic airliner from Boom will be ready by 2029
Boom also lost a $1.25 billion Crusoe order for 29 data-center gas turbines, its CEO said.
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby told a podcast on October 28 that Boom Supersonic’s official 2029 timeline for the Overture airliner will slip and certification hurdles remain. In March he put commercial service at 50-50. Boom has conditional purchase agreements with American, Japan Airlines and United, and FAA rulemaking followed a Trump order on supersonic flights over the United States. Separately, Boom is building 42-megawatt Superpower gas turbines for AI data centers and says a $1.25 billion Crusoe deal for 29 turbines fell through.
Unconfirmed: Boom had not commented to Ars, and Scholl did not name the other data-center customers for the claimed 250MW.
- Boom aims to deliver the first Superpower turbines in mid-2027.
- It targets 25 turbines in 2028 and 50 by 2029.
- Scholl said about 250MW of Superpowers would go to other sites next year.
- The Greensboro Overture factory, backed by more than $50 million in state funding, has mostly sat dormant.
- Energy Secretary Chris Wright attended the October 22 Colorado factory event.
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Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.
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