United Airlines CEO doubts supersonic airliner from Boom will be ready by 2029
Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.
TL;DR
- United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby believes Boom's Overture supersonic airliner will not meet its 2029 delivery target.
- Boom is developing gas turbines for AI data centers as an additional revenue stream, unveiling a new factory in Centennial, Colorado.
- Boom lost a $1.25 billion deal for 29 gas turbines to data center developer Crusoe.
- The factory built for the Overture airliner in North Carolina has been largely unused, despite significant taxpayer funding.
- Boom's prototype turbine core, Sprint Core, is intended for both AI data center turbines and the Overture engine.