Bye-Bye Concord...

[Skater]

British Airways says that they are going to retire the Concorde. They say there was too little demand and that the planes are too expensive to fly and maintain. I think they will be flying until the end of this year and then... No more SST. At least not from British Airways.

 

That just leaves the Frogs of Air France, but I don't think that they will continue flight after this year either, but they have not said whether Concorde flights will continue of not.

 

I was lucky enough to have flown on the Concorde twice, once on British Airways and once on Air France, both times working for the same company. I must say, British Airways is a MUCH nicer experience. Those Brits really know how to take care of a passenger. Their Concorde service will surely be missed.

 

A big S! to the Concorde.

 

-Skater

[+Fates]

wow.....I've got a pic somewhere of one of our companies personal jets pulling up next to the Concord (British Airways) and letting our owners get out and walk 30 feet to board the Concord. Last I remember it was like 10K round trip to fly!

[BERNARD1943]

BA and AF both announced that they will retire the concorde. Last fly for AF on may 31, last one for BA october 31.

Virgin Atlantic Airways is intersted in BA's concordes, so this is perhaps not the final point of the story of this great plane.

 

:) Croak ! (that's the sound of a frog in french)

[Skater]

wow.....I've got a pic somewhere of one of our companies personal jets pulling up next to the Concord (British Airways) and letting our owners get out and walk 30 feet to board the Concord.  Last I remember it was like 10K round trip to fly!

 

That would be cheap. They flew me there both times on the C, but I came back on a regular flight. There was no time issue on the way back, so I had to stick it out in business class (But I had the miles for a 1st class upgrade both times, miles rule!). The only reason for taking the C in the first place was that I had to be on site like yesterday. It was almost $11K on BA ONE WAY, and nearly $12K on AF ONE WAY. I have heard of $25K round trip prices before. Don't know what it is now, but I suspect that the market dictates the price of luxury flights like these.

 

-Skater

[Skater]

BA and AF both announced that they will retire the concorde. Last fly for AF on may 31, last one for BA october 31.  

Virgin Atlantic Airways is intersted in  BA's concordes, so this is perhaps not the final point of the story of this great plane.  

 

:) Croak ! (that's the sound of a frog in french)

 

Thanks for the update. Heard a brief blurb on the news about BA, but nothing about AF.

 

-Skater