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The Final Scheduled Concorde Flight

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The last scheduled flight of the supersonic Aerospatiale / Bae Concorde SST took place on October 24, 2003. A British Airways flight from New York to London landed just past 4:00 pm at London's Heathrow airport ending over 27 years of trans-Atlantic supersonic service.

The tragic crash of an Air France Concorde in July 2000 and high costs ($11,000 per seat) lead to the demise of the supersonic service.

Posted: 2003-10-29 2:15:40 PM

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