Do you think Concorde will ever fly again, either commercially or privately?

Question

Privately, as in, private citizens eventually buying the ones that remain and restoring them for their own use?

Answer 1

forget it very expensive maintenence , noise, fuel consumption and is prohibited in many places for landing....is more like a museum piece.....

Answer 2

No. They've been sold and/or scrapped for the most part.

The Concorde was a technological feat, but it never made money, and ultimately that is what places like British Air and Air France care about.

A company in Japan is looking into Supersonic flight. I don't know if they'll have better luck. The planes burn an incredible amount of fuel - one of the more expensive line-items on an airline's budget sheets.

Answer 3

I think they were all chopped up. Somebody, might have picked up a shell for an aviation museum, but they will never fly again because most countries objected to the sonic boom. Even the ones that allowed it have now had the experience and will probably reject any attempts to bring back supersonic flight. This could also be a block to commercial flights into space.

Answer 4

Not likely. The technology on the Concorde is very much outdated and the aircraft is not fuel-efficient too. And it is not easy trying to maintain that plane, let alone operate it. The few remaining had been consigned to the museums and the rest I guess are just scraps.

Answer 5

No, they were too darned expensive to run, not cost effective. Plus, they had a limited use since cities objected to the sonic boom, so they couldn't reach mach 1 until they were over water.

Answer 6

No but better SST are on the way.

Answer 7

no I don't think so..I think that they will be outlawed as too noisy, far too polluting and antiquated