Are you with or against the Concord Jet not flying any more?

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Techwing

The Concorde burns fuel like there's no tomorrow, it has very little passenger and cargo capacity, it isn't allowed to fly supersonic over land, and it produces a lot of pollution and noise. For these reasons, I don't see any point in reviving it.

The Concorde also has a poor accident record. Only one crashed, but very few were flying to begin with.

Additionally, crashing in a ball of flame just because a tire rolled over a piece of sheet metal seems like awfully high vulnerability for any aircraft.

There is a market for very high speed air travel, but it will have to cost a lot less, use less fuel, make less noise, and be less of a problem for the environment before it will be commercially and ecologically viable.

The FAA didn't stop the Concorde; the two operators of the aircraft decided to withdraw it from service, and the manufacturer decided to stop supporting the aircraft.

rambaldi47

The main reason for the grounding of the concord was purley related to business. They were getting too unprofitable for BA and AF to run, with not as much customers willing to pay the high prices to fly on them, so that caused BA and AF to lose money each time they put one in the air, thus causing them to ground the flights.

silentnonrev

btw, Concorde, dear; the French made the British accept the "e" in the joint project.

It was the law of supply and demand! Not enough people wanted to pay the big $ to save time, and the thing was a gas guzzler, so it's history now.

The Shadow

The Concorde (that's the correct spelling, not Concord) was not permanently grounded because of the Air France crash or for any safety reason. It was temporarily grounded for this reason, but was later placed back into service. The accident exposed the fact that the fuel tanks were vulnerable to rupture from debris on the runway. Modifications were made, including the addition of a special lining in the fuel tanks, to reduce this risk. Both British Airways and Air France resumed Concorde operations after the modifications were completed.

When the Concorde was retired in 2003, it was due to economics. They burned a lot of fuel and maintenance costs were increasing because the aircraft were getting old. It simply didn't make business sense to keep them flying. The aircraft were out of production and couldn't be replaced by new ones, nor was there sufficient demand to justify a new design.

ramsbottom

No bring it back but update it first.Not that i'm likely to be able to afford to travel on it.

Mike V

I don't know how economical it is in today's airline industry. Let's be honest.

Danny L

Its a nice looking plane, but incredibly cramped inside. It's not very comfy. It's also a very old plane. I'm sure they could come up with something just as fast, but more up to date.

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