The Jet is expected to enter service in 2023 while test flights will commence in 2019 and it only travels with the speed of sound.The typical flight time from London to New York is 7 hours but with the AS2, it will only take 4 hours 24 minutes!
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TOP SPEED (Mmo) of the AS2 is Mach 1.5. Rapid transatlantic dashes and other long range routes can be accomplished at this speed, which is 67 percent faster than the top cruise speeds of current or anticipated long-range subsonic jets.
LONG-RANGE CRUISE is Mach 1.4. Aerion supersonic routes are calculated at this speed. At Mach 1.4, travellers save three hours across the Atlantic and six hours or more across long Pacific routes.
BOOMLESS CRUISE(sm) flight is feasible at speeds up to Mach 1.2, depending on atmospheric conditions, principally temperature and wind. At these speeds, the shock waves that cause a sonic boom would, essentially, dissipate before reaching the ground. This “Mach cut-off” cruise results from the normal physics of sonic boom propagation. “Mach cut-off” refers to the maximum speed that can be maintained without producing a boom on the ground. Aerion expects to conduct a flight demonstration program post certification to gain regulatory approval for flight at Mach cut-off speeds.
Subsonic cruise speed is faster than the maximum speed of any conventional subsonic jet. The AS2 cruises efficiently just below Mach 1,and achieves maximum range at Mach 0.95, with the possibility to cruise subsonically at speeds up to Mach 0.98.
It would only be allowed to fly above the speed of sound over water and "other areas where supersonic flight is permitted."
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