why concorde service was discontinued 2001?

Answer 1

Very expensive to feed the Concorde Fleets and it is over 2 decade supersonic jet, good time for her to rest in peace.

Not very economical in term of running the fleet business - Seatings are limited compare to other jets and also she is restricted in many countries because she moans and groans very loudly when she gets very excited at supersonic speeds. hee hee :)and that's annoyed everyone below her. hee hee And she has a super big tummy for food-oil consumption for every moaning she has done for us from NYC - England and France and Vice versa.

Her techno is old and outdated and retrofitting is impossible due to big big costs and metal fatigue problems.

And I smell a fish in the water that I don't think she crashed by herself. I believe it is a conspiracy theory to make her crashed because she has the clean record crash free straight over 2 decades and not even famous 747 or other jets could do that, this is my personal presumption from the Air Crash Investigation documentary show from NGC and Discovery Channels. Of cos, the professionals have the right way of truth, but just me, I just simply couldn't convince myself that she had crashed.

Answer 2

Concorde was discontinued for a number of reasons that have been mentioned already but I would like to make some points which I believe you should be aware of:

1) the events of 9/11 were not the reason for retiring Concorde (or they would have grounded all other planes)

2) Concorde generated a lot of revenue for both BA and Air France despite what is said


BA said Concorde would cease flying because of "commercial reasons, with passenger revenue falling steadily against a backdrop of rising maintenance costs for the aircraft".

Answer 3

It had nothing to do with 9/11. The Concorde aircraft had a design flaw. Basically if the tires came loose for any reason (ie flat or torn tire) it was drawn back into the intake of the enigine and could puncture the fuel tank.

On July 25, 2000 Air France flight 4590 crashed into a hotel near Paris just after takeoff. The reason was determined to be an uncontained engine failure. They think it was because the concorde ran over a piece of metal that had fallen off of a continental airlines flight that had taken off just before the AF flight. When the metal hit the tires they shredded and then the debris flew into the fuel tank and punctured them casuing a fire.

They determined that there wasn't really any easy fix for this problem and that the safest thing to do was to ground the concorde.

Answer 4

The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde supersonic transport (SST) was the more successful of only two supersonic passenger airliners to have operated commercially (the Tupolev Tu-144 being the other). First flown in 1969, Concorde service commenced in 1976 and continued for 27 years. It regularly flew from London Heathrow (British Airways) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (Air France) to New York JFK. It set many records, including a time of 2 hours, 52 minutes and 59 seconds between New York and London, on 7 February 1996.

The costly development phase represented a substantial economic loss for the French and British governments, although it made large operating profits for British Airways for much of its service life. Commercial flights, by British Airways and Air France, began on 21 January 1976. As a result of its only crash (in 2000), world economic effects arising from the September 11, 2001 attacks and other factors, operations ceased on 24 October 2003, with the last "retirement" flight on 26 November that year. Even in retirement, Concorde remains an icon of aviation history.

Answer 5

Concorde was discontinued in 2000, returned in 2001 and was withdrawn from service on 27 June 2003 (Air France) and 24 October 2003 (British Airways).

Reasons for its withdrawal:
1. Concorde was expensive to operate.
2. The super-rich and the merely-rich were starting to buy and lease small private planes, that obviously had much more flexible routes and timetables.
3. Its only crash in 2000 put it out of service from 25 July 2000 to 11 September 2001, with normal commercial flights from 7 November 2001. Air travel in general declined.
4. Restrictions in where Concorde could fly and land restricted the routes it could fly.
5. More passengers were opting for cheap airlines, putting pressure on BA and Air France.
6. The competition from other would-be supersonic services never eventuated. Ironically, this lack of competition probably hurt Concorde in later life because there was not as much development of supersonic aircraft as for normal passenger aircraft.

I knew someone who flew on Concorde a few times. He said that it was extraordinary and made you forget everything you knew about flying. From the high standard of service and food to the cramped cabin with windows too hot to touch and the fact that it flew faster than the earth turns, made it unique.
Unless hypersonic flight is perfected, you will need to enter space to get a faster ride.

Answer 6

Concorde became to expensive to keep running and the aircraft reached the age 30+ years, then Airbus announced that they would not continue to make the spare parts required for the aircraft. The crash in France, 9/11, the down turn in the economy and the fuel prices that went up, made Concorde impossible to keep afloat.

She was a beautiful aircraft that always made heads turn when ever she flew passed.

I remember studying at my college aerospace engineering near Heathrow and every morning at 11 always on time I would see her fly over the College and on her way to New York.

BRITISH ENGINEERING at her BEST

Answer 7

9/11 was not the reason for Concorde being taken out of service. It was simply cost of maintenance. Parts were harder to come by. There were also fewer and fewer people with the skills to maintain Concorde. Consequnetly, Concorde was harder to maintain and very expensive.

Answer 8

I'm not definite but I thought it was due to safety reasons after the crash of the Air France concord. Concord was built in the late 1960's, it was getting too old. So it was basically due to the age of the aircraft.

Answer 9

The most of the countries which have sky scrapers oppose Concords.

While they are flying over their cities the scrapers slightly start to oscillate.

Who likes an another September 11?

The Cities which have their Aerodromes far away from the cities may permit them to fly?

The world will move beautifully without Concords. Who cries for them?

Answer 10

Concorde stopped flying in 2003. Apparently too much fear from the 9/11 events to warrant it's continuation.