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.
Observed surface forms (5)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Concorde | 6 |
| Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde | 4 |
| Concorde G-BBDG | 1 |
| Concorde development team | 1 |
| Concorde prototype 001 | 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)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
this entity surface form:
Concorde
this entity surface form:
Concorde
this entity surface form:
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
this entity surface form:
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
this entity surface form:
Concorde
subject surface form:
Tupolev Tu-144
this entity surface form:
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde
this entity surface form:
Concorde
this entity surface form:
Concorde
this entity surface form:
Concorde G-BBDG
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Concorde prototype 001
this entity surface form:
Concorde
this entity surface form:
Concorde development team