THE supersonic jet that could fly passengers from London to New York City in 3.5hours has reached a new ... no commercial aircraft even capable of hypersonic or supersonic flight since the Concorde.

Travelling at speeds of 5,000kph ... supersonic air travel. US-based Venus Aerospace is currently developing a jet engine that it claims could go as fast as Mach 6 and “make the hypersonic ...

If successful, the Chinese-built craft could become the first supersonic airliner to fly passengers in nearly a quarter of a century, with Concorde completing its final flight in 2003. Travelling at ...

The aircraft also flew to a new max altitude, 23,015ft – some 3,000ft more than its previous ... no commercial aircraft even capable of hypersonic or supersonic flight since the Concorde.

The new Yunxing aircraft, its Beijing maker says, will be capable of 3,100mph ... of supersonic flying is not the greatest reason for context over the new Yunxing hypersonic airliner.