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Concorde reportedly made BA about £750M. I'm not sure whether that figure takes into account the development costs - but the reason that it was retired was due
by timthorn 12y ago
Concorde reportedly made BA about £750M.
I'm not sure whether that figure takes into account the development costs - but the reason that it was retired was due to Airbus withdrawing support.
http://www.concordesst.com/retire/faq_r.html http://www.concordesst.com/retire/faq_r.html
- idlewords 12y agoThe CEO of Airbus said in the Financial Times that "The costs of operating Concorde, and in particular maintenance and support, have become such that operations are unrealistic for any operator." The reason BA booked a profit is because of massive de facto government subsidies for Concorde, for reasons of national prestige.