Why didn't it succeed?

Concorde flights came to a screeching halt after only 27 years of operation on October 24, 2003. The reason? Excessive cost, high fares, and loud noise. On a regular flight, Concordes consumed 6,771 gallons of fuel, which quickly exceeded the profit made from the flight. In addition to that, only a total of 20 Concordes were built and no airline ordered them except for Air France and British Airways, who had to as they were state-run airlines at the time.

Oh, and a 2000 crash that killed everyone on board (109 people) and four people on the ground.

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[–] 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My grandpa was a mechanic on one of these. Impressive plane it's too bad it didn't work out.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    A guy I worked with put himself through university working ground crew for Braniff at Dulles when they were flying interchange flights taking the Concorde on from Dulles to Dallas-Fort Worth. He commented on how crazy some of the tools were that the mechanics were regularly using while the plane was at the gate.

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