In the near future, it will be possible to take off from Paris at 8 a.m. for a breakfast meeting in Manhattan. One will be able to fly from the East Coast of North America to Asia in just nine and a half hours.

It will be possible to traverse the United States at .98 Mach with operating costs equivalent to today's large business jets, while still being able to access all the airports where most business jets operate now and meeting applicable noise and emissions regulations.

A new approach to supersonic design makes it possible. It is like nothing that has come before, but may well herald the shape of business travel for decades into the future.

It is the Aerion Supersonic Business Jet. Welcome aboard!