Boom Supersonic says his Overture jet can hit 1,300 mph (Credit: Boom Supersonic)

Nearly 20 years after Concorde’s last flight, a new supersonic plane appears ready to take to the skies.

Boom Supersonic, an airline backed by Sir Richard Branson, says its Overture aircraft can fly at speeds of up to 1,300 miles per hour, twice as fast as a typical commercial airliner.

By doing away with traditional travel times, the company claims it can get passengers from London to New York in just three and a half hours. This is more than half the time now.

Expect a flight from London to Miami to take just under 5 hours instead of the usual 8 hours and 45 minutes, but save even more time.

CEO Blake Scholl claims that these fast routes can even overcome jet lag.

He said: “If the flight from San Francisco to Tokyo is reduced from 12 hours to 6 hours, we can leave a day later.

“If you go on Sunday morning, you can be there on Sunday afternoon, which is Monday morning Japan time, have a meeting, and be home 24 hours after leaving without jet lag.”

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The company says it can fly from London to New York in less than four hours (Credit: Boom Supersonic)

The company, which already has orders for dozens of planes from major airlines, has even bigger ambitions and wants to fly anywhere in the world in four hours, Scholl said.

Companies such as United Airlines, American Airlines and Japan Airlines have ordered Overture aircraft for their fleets.

Virgin Atlantic, whose boss Sir Richard Branson was an early investor in the company, ordered 10 in 2016.

Boom Supersonic says its planes are the most sustainable in the world and run entirely on sustainable aviation fuel.

It also promises that the jets “will blend in with today’s quietest long-range fleet.”

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But these routes have their pitfalls. A ticket for the fast route from London to New York is expected to cost around £1,750.

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That’s a lot cheaper than a ticket for the Concorde, the world’s last great supersonic commercial airliner, which costs up to $12,000 for a round-trip transatlantic flight.

The airline ceased production of the Concorde in 2003, citing high maintenance costs and low passenger numbers.

In 2016, serial entrepreneur Lord Branson said he was working with the company to make supersonic flight “affordable.”

He had previously expressed interest in buying Concorde for his airline, Virgin Airways, but the move never materialized.