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I had never heard that Concorde was "quite profitable"; to the contrary, I believe it was heavily subsidized by its operators' respective governments as a point

• Reason077 10y ago
  Development of the Concorde aircraft itself was heavily subsidised. But in service, it was profitable - at least for British Airways: On average Concorde made and operating profit of £30-50 Million a year for British Airways in the boom years where many passengers were travelling first class. British Airways reportedly received £1.75 Billion in revenue for Concorde services against an operating cost of around £1 Billion. Air France made a much smaller profit. Source: http://www.concordesst.com/retire/faq_r.html http://www.concordesst.com/retire/faq_r.html