Concorde (Air France)

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Concorde (Air France) is a retired French-British supersonic passenger airliner once operated by Air France, renowned for its ability to fly at over twice the speed of sound on transatlantic routes.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Concorde 6
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde 4
Concorde G-BBDG 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf retired aircraft
supersonic passenger airliner
aircraftFamily Concorde (Air France) self-linksurface differs
surface form: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
aircraftRole long-range supersonic transport
airframeMaterial aluminium alloy
airlineHub Charles de Gaulle Airport
surface form: Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
airlineLivery Air France livery
allianceMembershipDuringService SkyTeam
surface form: SkyTeam (via Air France)
cabinClassConfiguration all-first-class layout
countryOfOrigin France
United Kingdom
designCruiseMachNumber Mach 2
displayLocation Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace
surface form: Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, Le Bourget (one preserved airframe)

Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (one preserved airframe)
engineType Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593
finalCommercialFlightDate 2003-05-31
finalCommercialFlightRoute New York–Paris
firstCommercialServiceDate 1976-01-21
fuelType jet fuel (kerosene)
heritageStatus icon of 20th-century commercial aviation
manufacturer Aérospatiale
British Aircraft Corporation
maximumCruiseSpeed Mach 2.04
maximumPassengerCapacity about 100 passengers
noiseCharacteristic high takeoff and landing noise levels
notableAccident Air France Flight 4590 crash on 2000-07-25
notableAchievement cut transatlantic travel time by more than half
notableFeature afterburning engines
delta wing design
droop nose
numberOfEngines 4
operator Air France
primaryBaseDuringService Charles de Gaulle Airport
surface form: Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
primaryRoute New York–Paris
surface form: Paris–New York route

Paris–Washington route
propulsionType turbojet
reasonForRetirement declining passenger demand
economic unviability
post-9/11 downturn in air travel
rising maintenance costs
regulatoryEnvironment restricted to over-ocean supersonic flight
retirementDate 2003-05-31
safetyRecordImpact Air France Flight 4590 accident contributed to eventual retirement
serviceRegion occasional charter routes to other continents
transatlantic routes
serviceType charter flights
scheduled passenger service
typicalCruiseAltitude 60000 feet
typicalTransatlanticFlightTime about 3.5 hours Paris–New York

Referenced by (14)

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Concorde (Air France) aircraftFamily Concorde (Air France) self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
Concorde G-BOAC aircraftFamily Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Concorde
Air France Flight 4590 aircraftModel Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Concorde
Air France Flight 4590 aircraftType Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
Concorde G-BOAC aircraftType Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
Aérospatiale coDeveloperOf Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Concorde
Tupolev Tu-144 supersonic airliner comparableTo Concorde (Air France)
subject surface form: Tupolev Tu-144
this entity surface form: Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
British Airways formerAircraftType Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Concorde
Air France formerFleetIncludes Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Concorde
Brooklands Museum hasExhibit Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Concorde G-BBDG
Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace hasExhibit Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Concorde prototype 001
Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center housesArtifact Concorde (Air France)
Aérospatiale majorProduct Concorde (Air France)
this entity surface form: Concorde
this entity surface form: Concorde development team