It could fly from London to New York in 3.5 hours. This was a journey that took 7 hours on the average, for commercial jetliners.
In 2000, a Concorde crash killed 113 passengers. This led to all of the planes being grounded for a year until the cause of the accident was determined. The cause was eventually determined to be an errant piece of metal punctured the fuel tank, and ignited a fire. Once flights operations resumed, the storm cloud caused by the 9/11 incident over the entire airline industry proved to be the final nail in the plane鈥檚 Coffin. The Concorde was retired permanently in 2003. Many of the aircraft ended up in museums.
Early in 2018, it was announced that Club Concorde has raised the money to purchase and restore a Concorde aircraft. This was done with the aim of returning it to service by 2019. The timing is set to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the aircraft's inaugural test flight.
Similarly, on the 2nd of April 2018. NASA announced that it has awarded the aerospace company Lockheed Martin a $247.5 million contract to design and build a new (Supersonic) X-plane, known as the Low-Boom Flight Demonstrator. It is expected to fly over the U.S. by 2022. This development make it possible for the next generation to enjoy supersonic flight.