How fast does the Concord go and how much is a ticket? are they safer or worse (in safety) then regular plane

Answer 1

They do not fly anymore. Concorde's cruising speed was Mach 2.04 (1,350 mph, 2,170 km/h) The standard fare for a return trip from London to New York was £6,636 ($10,070).


"The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST), along with the Tupolev Tu-144, was one of only two models of supersonic passenger airliners to have seen commercial service. First flown in 1969, Concorde service commenced in 1976. It regularly flew from London Heathrow (British Airways) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (Air France) to New York JFK. However, it never fully recovered from its only crash in 2000, and, for economic reasons post 9/11, operations ceased in 2003. Its development represented a major economic loss for the French and British governments, although it made large operating profits for British Airways for much of its service life. "

"On 10 April 2003, British Airways and Air France simultaneously announced that they would retire Concorde later that year. They cited low passenger numbers following the 25 July 2000 crash, the slump in air travel following 9/11 and rising maintenance costs."

Between August 1998 and July 1999 130 Concorde-related incidents were reported, although the Civil Aviation Authority later defended this as being no different to other commercial aircraft.

On 25 July 2000, Air France Flight 4590, registration code: F-BTSC, crashed in Gonesse, France, killing all 100 passengers and nine crew on board the flight, as well as four people on the ground.


Concorde had, until the accident, been the safest working passenger airliner in the world in terms of passenger deaths per kilometre travelled, but statistically, after the accident it was the worst. While an aircraft's safety cannot be accurately measured from a single accident, the crash of the Air France Concorde nonetheless proved to be the beginning of the end for the type.

The accident subsequently led to a programme of modifications to Concorde, including more secure electrical controls, Kevlar lining to the fuel tanks and specially-developed, burst-resistant tyres.

Answer 2

The Concord has been out of service for a number of years

Answer 3

I thought they stopped concord flights??
anyways it went about 1,000 mph.
the avg plane only goes about
500 mph
as for safety, i'd say it's safer cuz they
only flew over seas, not the short frequent
flights these other planes fly.
but I think they cancelled it due to a crash.

Answer 4

The Concord was grounded.

Answer 5

the Concord stopped flying years ago. It was grounded to never fly again cause it was too costly to fly anymore due to low passenger numbers and limited flight schedules due to noise.

Answer 6

The Concord does not fly anymore.

It's not profitable to operate so it was pulled.

Answer 7

they don't fly anymore.....they were too loud for most airports and their limited niche of flying only over oceans made them economically unviable so now they're in museums etc.

those sonic booms got people complaining

Answer 8

They grounded it after a crash a number of years ago.