Steve VarsanoFounder at The Jet Business

How Trump changed the future of jets

Name: How Trump changed the future of jets
Uploaded: 2025-06-15T23:14:22+00:00
Duration: 41 s
Channel: Steve Varsano
Description: In a brief conversational excerpt, Speaker A informs Steve that former President Trump has lifted the ban on supersonic travel over the United States…

15 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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In a brief conversational excerpt, Speaker A informs Steve that former President Trump has lifted the ban on supersonic travel over the United States. The discussion explores the immediate implications for the aerospace industry, highlighting companies like Boom Supersonic that aim to launch a semi‑commercial, corporate‑usable supersonic jet around 2029‑2030. The speakers consider how this regulatory change could accelerate the development of next‑generation high‑speed aircraft, moving from supersonic toward hypersonic capabilities, and how such advances would dramatically improve business and travel efficiency. The segment ends with a personal endorsement: the speaker has flown on the Concorde and expresses enthusiasm for future supersonic flights.

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Hey Steve, have you heard the news? No, what news? Trump just unbanned supersonic travel over the US. That's amazing, but there's no supersonic jets. But what does this mean for the industry? Well, there are a couple of different companies developing supersonic jets, both for corporate and the commercial world. I think now there's Boom— great name— they're supposed to be coming out with an airplane, I think, in the 2029-2030 period, and it's going to be semi-commercial but usable for corporate use. Of course, this opens the door for more companies to start developing the next stage of travel and speed. You have supersonic, eventually go to hypersonic, and it makes you able to go anywhere in the world so much quicker. It's going to make business and travel much more efficient. Would you fly supersonic? Of course I'd fly supersonic. I flew it a few times on the Concorde.