A brand new airplane design concept has been unveiled that could allow passengers to travel from London to New York In only 11 minutes, which is almost 12 times faster than the Concorde supersonic jet. Rocket boosters would power the Antipode during take-off, then reach speeds of Mach 24 after the pilot would switch on the aircraft's supersonic engines.

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The futuristic plane was designed by Charles Bombardier. He teamed up with Lunatic Koncepts founder Abhishek Roy to design the Antipode, according to CNN.

Bombardier told Forbes he wanted to create an aircraft concept that could reach its antipode at the fastest speed possible. An antipode is a total opposite.

The airplane's self-flying wings would detach after take-off and return to the base. Later the aircraft would reach speeds of 12,427 miles per hour (19,999 km/hr), according to International Business Times.

Antipode is designed to be a private jet. It could hold up to 10 rich passengers who could travel around the globe at lightning-fast speeds.

The supersonic jet could reportedly travel from the New York to London in 11 minutes. Meanwhile, NYC to Shanghai would take 24 minutes to complete, and NYC to Sydney would be a 32-minute one-way flight.

Bombardier designed another hypersonic jet concept named Skreemr, which would also get its power from a scramjet engine that burns oxygen in the atmosphere. It would use a magnetic system to launch the aircraft into the sky, and then liquid-oxygen rockets to reach ultra-fast speeds of Mach 10.

However, the Antipode is a faster plane than Skreemr. It also solves the problems of the sonic boom it would make while flying over land and super-high temperatures caused by air friction. A NASA and United States Department of Defense contractor pointed out the issues.

The solution would be an aerodynamic method called long penetration mode (LPN). It would include a gap at the front of the plane and on the nose and wings, to cool down the aircraft and reduce the noise.  

There is no news about when the Antipode would be ready for production. In addition, the sky-high price would limit the number of people who could afford a plane ticket.

Here's the Concorde's first flight in 1969: