Aircraft
Boom Could Be Built in Gulf
CEO Scholl sees 500 "economically viable" routes for the jet, with the UAE as possibly the ideal place to build the aircraft

U.S. supersonic airliner developer Boom Supersonic (Stand 1676) yesterday launched the manufacturing site selection process for its planned 55-passenger Mach 2.2 aircraft, which it projects will enter service in late 2023, saying it believes the Middle East could be the best place for the final assembly site. Boom founder and CEO Blake Scholl said he sees a need for “1,000 to 2,000 airplanes over the first ten years...so we need a site that can build 100 per year.” A formal RFP for the production site will be issued in the first quarter of next year.


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