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.

  • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
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    I also think it’s the younger folks who may not know what older folks already knew. OP was maybe too young to remember about Concorde.

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      Im nearing 40 and never knew about it because:

      1. Never had an interest in flying to Europe until recently
      2. Age is making me delete memories to store new ones