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The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde is a turbojet-powered supersonic passenger
airliner, a supersonic transport (SST). It was a product of an
Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of
Aérospatiale and the British Aircraft Corporation. First flown in 1969,
Concorde entered service in 1976 and continued commercial flights for 27
years.
Among other destinations, Concorde flew regular
transatlantic flights from London Heathrow (British Airways) and
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (Air France) to New York JFK, profitably
flying these routes at record speeds, in less than half the time of
other airliners.
With only 20 aircraft built, their development
represented a substantial economic loss, in addition to which Air France
and British Airways were subsidised by their governments to buy them.
As a result of the type's only crash on 25 July 2000 and other factors,
its retirement flight was on 26 November 2003.
Concorde's name
reflects the development agreement between the United Kingdom and
France. In the UK, any or all of the type—unusual for an aircraft—are
known simply as "Concorde". The aircraft is regarded by many as an
aviation icon.
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