FAA proposal: Supersonic airliners can fly over US cities if they’re quiet ^10.9%

Ars Technica - By Jeremy Hsu - 7/2/2026, 5:29 PM

Framing Effect 16.5% - Hasty Generalization 13.6% - Optimism Bias 13.1%

A long-standing ban on commercial supersonic flights over the United States would be overturned in a new rule proposed by the US Federal Aviation Administration. That could pave the way for the possible return of commercial supersonic airliners—as long as such aircraft can reduce the ground-level impacts of their sonic booms. The FAA... more