The end of an era is nigh
Concorde flights are to end after more than three decades of luxury travel.
British Airways and Air France made simultaneous announcements that they would be permanently grounding the famous supersonic airliners this year.
Passenger numbers have never recovered since the crash near Paris in 2000 and the aircraft no longer makes a profit.
In a statement, BA said Concorde would cease flying in the autumn because of “commercial reasons, with passenger revenue falling steadily against a backdrop of rising maintenance costs for the aircraft”.
It’s just not profitable to fly the Concorde any more, but with the end of this era comes the birth of a new one. I belive that supersonic flight will be even more popular and economical in the years to come. With the current advances in technology supersonic flight may be an everyday thing.