In retrospect, perhaps we should have read more into it at the time. Here was the 50th anniversary of one of the crowning ...

British Airways has unveiled a new First suite that will be installed on its Airbus A380s, targeting the airline’s most valuable transatlantic customers in the U.S. Inspired by Concorde’s design, the ...

The aircraft did not retire because it became slow. Its ability to cross the Atlantic at supersonic speeds remained until its ...

For a fleeting 30 years during the 20th century, supersonic commercial air travel was a reality. But on October 24, 2003, that era came to an abrupt end. That day, British Airways operated its last ...

The Boeing 707 cut travel times by nearly half in the 1950s, while being capable and economical enough to entice airlines to commit to the change. Concorde was supposed to do the same thing in the ...

A retired British Airways Concorde supersonic aircraft is transported by barge on the East River, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, in New York.

On January 21 , 1976, British Airways began a London-Bahrain service for its Concorde, and Air France commenced its Paris-Rio service. Even in today’s world of rakish planform stealth fighters, ...

Say goodbye to the days of swilling champagne with the likes of Sting and Donald Trump while flying over the Atlantic at twice the speed of sound. The beautiful supersonic bird that is Concorde will ...