Dwindling appetite for high ticket prices further decreased Concorde's appeal, leading to declining load factors. The tragic ...

There were 57 instances of Concorde planes suffering burst or punctured tyres before last July's Air France crash, according to an interim report by accident investigators. Of these incidents ...

Concorde built a remarkable safety record over decades of service with the exception of one tragic accident on 25 July 2000 that shattered its reputation. The sole fatal crash occurred when an Air ...

A closer look at how Sir Richard Branson tried and failed to bring supersonic capabilities to the Virgin Atlantic fleet.

The Civil Aviation Authority and its French equivalent the DGAC made a joint decision to allow the plane to return to the skies more than a year after an Air France Concorde crashed near Paris ...

The Concorde also flew from Gbadolite in Zaire to Europe. The plane was often hired by Mobutu Se Seseko to fly him and his ...

Concorde's aerodynamic, narrow body restricted space for passengers. British Airways planes seated only 100, while Air France planes, with a slightly roomier cabin layout, sat just 92. Given ...

Events are also taking place at Fleet Air Arm Museum in Somerset, Aerospace Bristol in Filton, near Bristol, and locations in France and Germany. The first Concorde prototype took off from ...

CONCORDE was the supersonic passenger jet considered the ultimate luxury in air travel. Air France and British Airways announced they would be retiring their fleet of Concorde planes on ...

Initial response to Concorde was positive with over 70 of the aircraft ordered. However, when it went into commercial service in January 1976 only two carriers - British Airways and Air France ...