to expensive to build and to maintenance, also one ticket costed 10,000+ dollars. so there were no customers.
The Concorde stopped flying in 2003.
The concorde no longer carries passnegers, nor does it even fly. When the concorde planes were in operation they took passengers between paris and london and new york city. The concorde planes were very artfully designed.
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Human tranport. Commercial plane.
There used to be, the Concorde was a fast jet that could go faster than the speed of sound and it flew so high you could see the curvature of the Earth. Unfortunately, all Concorde planes stopped flying in 2003.
Greece didn't 'get' concorde on a permanent basis, but Athens 'hellenikon' airport was one of the stops on concorde's world tour when they were trying to persuade airlines to order their planes back in the 70's
Concorde suffered only one serious (i.e. fatal) incident/crash during its lifetime.
No. Boeing and Airbus do not have any supersonic planes which are commercially viable for airtravel yet
Jet planes are faster than the normal propeller powered airplanes. Jet planes were invented by Sir. Frank Whittle. There are also supersonic Jet planes. Concorde was the fastest Passenger Jet plane.
Jet planes are faster than the normal propeller powered airplanes. Jet planes were invented by Sir. Frank Whittle. There are also supersonic Jet planes. Concorde was the fastest Passenger Jet plane.
Concorde officially stopped flying on 26th October, 2003.
Supersonic planes travel faster than sound. There are a lot of them. Most modern fighter jets can do it, and there have even been commercial planes that could (eg Concorde, Tu-144).