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Due to the crash, the Concorde's airworthiness certificate was withdrawn last month and all thirteen of the Concordes, owned by British Airways and Air France, were grounded. The Civil Aviation Authority, the British safety regulator, grounded these supersonic transport jets indefinitely.
Just how superior is the Concorde compared to other airlines? The Concorde makes flights only over the Atlantic Ocean from Paris or London to New York. The average speed of the Concorde is approximately 1,350 miles per hour at almost 60,000 feet. The average flight time is about three and a half hours, compared to that of regular plane at almost eight hours.
Passenger Capacity Up to 100 416 to 524
Cruising Speed Mach 2 (1,334 mph) Mach 0.85 (575 mph)
Cruising Altitude 55,000 feet 35,000 feet
Average Flying Time from Paris to New York 3 hours and 45 minutes 7 hours, 55 minutes
Average Cost of one Paris-New York round-trip ticket $9,000 $900 for coach$3,800 for business classFares can vary
Aircraft in service 12 524 (480 are passenger)
These prestige only and low profit needle-nose jets need to fill just half of each of the aircraft's seats to break even. British Airways and Air France wanted to keep them in the skys for at least another fourteen or fifteen years, but now those chances are very unlikely. They were all built between 1975 and 1980 and they were predicted to be able to take about 8,500 transatlantic flights. That would mean they would all be up and running still in 2007.
There were only a small number of people who flew it, primarily because of its ticket cost. However, it was co
Names mentioned in this term paper
Charles de Gaulle,
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Paris, France,
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British Airways, Air France, Boeing,
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