# Concordes commercial flights **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 30, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concordes-commercial-flights/191989 "2003-07-30T21:20:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wolfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Wolfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concordes-commercial-flights/191989/1 "2003-07-30T21:20:59Z")
Someone was telling me that they are thinking to bring back the Concorde flights. Is it true? ---
**Author:** ![trabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trabi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trabi)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concordes-commercial-flights/191989/2 "2003-07-30T21:53:18Z")
[Richard Branson](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2955937.stm) wants to have a go. ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concordes-commercial-flights/191989/3 "2003-07-30T21:53:19Z")
British Airways are considering allowing their Concordes to appear at [air shows](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/3017058.stm) but not for commercial flights. Virgin Airlines have offered to buy their planes and keep them going commercially but BA won’t budge. To say that they and Virgin have some negative history is putting it mildly, so chances are they’d rather put them in the crusher than let Virgin operate them. The Air France Concordes are already starting to appear in [museums](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/3084195.stm), so I doubt there will be any stay of execution for them either. ---
**Author:** ![Brad\_Amundsen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@Brad\_Amundsen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brad_Amundsen)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concordes-commercial-flights/191989/4 "2003-07-30T21:53:53Z")
Sounds to me like they are shutting the doors for good. the following is a quote from ta story at : [http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/11/uk.concorde/](http://edition.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/07/11/uk.concorde/) "LONDON, England – Hundreds of Concorde fanatics will have a chance to enjoy the lifestyle of the rich and famous before the supersonic aircraft retires, British Airways said. " Further "BA’s last commercial Concorde flight will be on October 24 when the jet makes its final voyage from New York to Heathrow. " ---
**Author:** ![Wolfe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Wolfe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfe)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concordes-commercial-flights/191989/5 "2003-07-30T22:54:25Z")
I also heard that fare on these flights was tripple the usual fare on regular flights. True? ---
**Author:** ![Hail\_Ants](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/dc4da7/32.png) [@Hail\_Ants](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hail_Ants)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2003, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concordes-commercial-flights/191989/6 "2003-07-30T22:55:56Z")
> [@](#): > > To say that they and Virgin have some negative history is putting it mildly, Could you elaborate on this? ---
**Author:** ![trabi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecae2f/32.png) [@trabi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trabi)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concordes-commercial-flights/191989/7 "2003-07-31T10:50:33Z")
Bloody hell! The closing date for the competition was July 20th. Oh well, don’t suppose I’d have won anyway… ---
**Author:** ![everton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecb155/32.png) [@everton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/everton)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/concordes-commercial-flights/191989/8 "2003-07-31T10:51:44Z")
[Here’s one article about it.](http://competition.practicallaw.com/scripts/article.asp?Article_ID=3843) > [@](#): > > The libel action was based on an article in a British Airways magazine and a standard letter written by Lord King which attacked the good faith and integrity of Richard Branson claiming that the motivation for his complaints about British Airways’ dirty tricks was to create publicity for himself and his airline. Branson had alleged that: > [ul][li]Brian Basham, Public Relations consultant for British Airways, had conducted a campaign aimed at both Richard Branson and Virgin by attempting to plant hostile and discreditable stories about Virgin and Branson in the press. [/li][li]Employees of British Airways had engaged in the practice of “switch selling”. This involved contacting existing Virgin passengers and offering them inducements to switch to British Airways. [/li][li]Employees of British Airways had shredded documents relating to the campaign against Virgin and Branson. [/li] > Settlement of the action clearly lends considerable weight to these allegations.[/ul]