Japan Airlines has invested in Boom and has an option to pre-order 20 of its developmental supersonic planes when they are launched in the mid-2020s.

Air carrier Japan Airlines made a $10m strategic investment in US-based supersonic aviation developer Boom Supersonic on Tuesday.

Boom is developing a supersonic aircraft intended to be capable of flying from New York to London in approximately 195 minutes. Japan Airlines now holds the option to pre-order up to 20 of the planes, which are due to launch sometime in the mid-2020s.

Boom received $33m in series A funding in March 2017 from venture capital firms 8VC, Caffeinated Capital, Palm…