Japanese scientists began developing a supersonic passenger liner.

According to Japanese media, in addition to the fact that Japan's largest air carrier "Japan Airlines" invested about 10 million dollars in the project to create supersonic aircraft Boom Supersonic, Japanese scientists announced the beginning of work on designing their own supersonic passenger liner. It is assumed that the new aircraft will be able to place on its board from 40 to 60 passengers, while implementing the conceived project is expected closer to 2030 year.

Experts believe that closer to 2040 year, supersonic passenger liners will be able to squeeze ordinary airplanes from the market, and although flights and will cost much more, for passengers it will be an excellent opportunity to reduce travel time by 2-3 times.