Did You Know? Fastest Planes Division

May 12, 2008 | Posted in: Airplanes, Did You Know

What’s the fastest operating commercial jet in the skies today? The Boeing 747. It can fly at 605 miles per hour. The fastest business jet? The Citation X. At the ever so slightly faster 607 mph. Okay, so what USED to be the fastest passenger jet in the air? Hint: it wasn’t the Concorde. Keep reading!

The fastest supersonic passenger jet? Some of you will remember the Tupolev Tu-144, developed by the Soviets; it clocked speeds of about 1,555 mph. It stopped flying passengers in 1978, and stopped flying altogether in 1999.

The Concorde was good for an average speed of 1,330 mph. Its last flight was in 2003.

4 Responses to “Did You Know? Fastest Planes Division”

1. Chris says:

   May 15, 2008 at 4:27 am

   I am so glad your peeves are back. As a traveler Im mad as hell and Im not going to fly m anymore.
2. Edward Golonka says:

   May 15, 2008 at 10:09 am

   I’am driving now because seats are cramped, planes over booked, and I can get to my destination almost as fast…. And won’t have to rent a car when I get there and save more money …. Price is about the same otherwise, what with the rise in air fare!
3. XAN says:

   May 15, 2008 at 3:05 pm

   I would like to know what to do when I have booked a flight with a travel

   agent, they call make seats assigned, yet when we go to the airlines to check

   in they say oh NO YOU DO NOT HAVE THOSE SEAT & GIVE YOU WHAT EVER

   THEY WANT. WHAT DO WE DO?? HOW CAN WE GET THE SEAT THAT OUR

   AGENT GOT US???????
4. Kris says:

   May 15, 2008 at 7:39 pm

   Besides fuels I always wonder why planes are not made to be faster each year like computers. How much more would it cost to fly NYC to CDG at twice the speed?