# Boeing launched the Boeing 2707 in the 1960s, hoping to build an airliner that could compete with Concorde.

*aerospace · news · 2026-04-29 · Simple Flying*

## Key points

- The Boeing 2707 supersonic airliner project was canceled in 1971 after $1 billion spent.
- Environmental concerns, including ozone depletion and noise, were key factors in Congress canceling the 2707.
- The Tupolev Tu-144 was the first supersonic airliner to fly, preceding Concorde by two months.
- Tu-144 completed just 55 passenger flights before being retired in 1978 due to safety and cost.
- Recent legislation may allow lifting the decades-old US ban on supersonic overland flight.

**Companies:** Boeing, General Electric, Boom Supersonic
**Countries:** United States, Soviet Union

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