why did they ban concordes?

Answer 1

I don't think Concords were banned. If I remember correctly, the article about the final flight said that the business just wasn't there. People weren't paying to fly on the Concord.

Answer 2

If I remember correctly, the concord was prohibited from traveling at supersonic speeds over residential areas. I think they were limited to landing at Washington DC and New York. It has been quite a while ago. The Concord was much too costly to operate. It never made a profit, even at the exorbitant cost of tickets. The U.S. developed a similar plane called the SST. They abandoned it because of the high cost of operations. It was felt that it wasn't economically viable for commercial use. Apparently, they were correct.

Answer 3

They were not banned.

After the concorde accident the public opinion turned against the concorde so the few companys who operated the concorde decided to ground them. The concorde has always been a status symbol. Even with every seat filled every concorde flight was still a money loser.

Answer 4

The Concorde was severeley ristricted in the routes it could fly. For example in the US, no East/West Coast flights because of Sonic Booms. BA and Air France could only cross Atlantic to NY and Washington, no further inland. Flights into/out of Washington had to be complete before 10pm- noise restriction. European routs were similarly restricted because of Sonic Booms. Many overflight rights were denied out right or limited by hours and these restrictions were in the early days of Concorde and kept the high-speed of the plane from becoming a practical advantage in actual operations. Notice only the national airlines of the 2 countires that built Concorde ever bought it.

Had noise, and pollution to a lesser extent, not been an issue many of the Asian Airlines or airlines going to Asia would have been operators.

Answer 5

The concorde was banned because first of all 1 concorde cost quite high and less and less people where flying inflimation with gas prices forced it out

Answer 6

The Concorde was not banned. From the start that plane was losing money and was subsidized by the French and British governments. As fuel costs rose it just got worse and worse until they finally pulled the plug.

Answer 7

Concordes are not banned.Still some airlines such as British Airways use them. But know the airlines doesn't use them because there was an explosion in concorde before many years and many people died. And also it makes lot of sound.

Answer 8

Hmmm well it was sort of baned in some airspaces as when it went over peoples houses it was very very very loud! It also used up a large amout of fuel on takeoff it could only fly at mach 1+ over sea as the supersonic bangs would have been deffening

I hope this helps

Happy New Year


Thomas Wheeler

Answer 9

It was not banned but It was not economical. It created sound shock waves on ground and there was also safety concerns from people.

Answer 10

They banned it because the US AIRLINES would not buy any.
Airbus took its place and will eventually take over being the leading airliner maker.