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The official handover ceremony of British Airways' first Concorde occurred on 15 January 1976 at Heathrow Airport. Air France Concorde (F-BTSC) at Charles de Gaulle Airport on 25 July 1975, exactly 25 years before the accident in 2000 British Airways Concorde in Singapore Airlines livery at Heathrow Airport in 1979 Air France Concorde (F-BTSD) with a short-lived promotional Pepsi livery in ...
It was repainted with Singapore Airlines livery on the left side and British Airways livery on the right [15] for a joint service by the two airlines between Bahrain and Singapore International Airport at Paya Lebar for three months in 1977, and from 1979 to 1981.
Concorde entered service on 21 January 1976 with Air France from Paris-Roissy and British Airways from London Heathrow. Transatlantic flights were the main market, to Washington Dulles from 24 May, and to New York JFK from 17 October 1977.
As the first and only supersonic commercial jetliner, Concorde was popular with royals, celebrities, and business executives.
The supersonic aircraft suffered a catastrophic crash in Paris on 25 July 2000
1976 (21 January): Concorde enters service with British Airways, flying from Heathrow to Bahrain. Passengers are provided with complementary cigars. Passengers are provided with complementary cigars.
Cochrane would stay with the Concorde test programme for its entirety. [3] Concorde finally acquired its certificate of airworthiness in December 1975 and flew commercially for the first time with British Airways on 21 January 1976. [4] Cochrane piloted Concorde 002 for many of its proving flights and commanded Concorde 101 on its trials. [4]
British Airways started flying the Airbus A318 "baby bus" between London and New York to fill the gap left by the Concorde. Now it's being scrapped.