Farewell Concorde

[Lanesra]

Concorde, imo the most beautiful plane ever to grace the skies, is to be decommisioned, by British airways and air Air france very sad.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2934257.stm

[ 04-10-2003, 11:24 AM: Message edited by: Lanesra ]

[Harkoliar]

its a shame that millions of dollars is wasted on one persons single act of terrorism that can spark global disaster and leading to events what we call now as history in the making.. sigh..

[slicer15]

I see DK made that sig for you Harkoliar! Very nice!

And to stay on-topic, I heard about that a little while ago...shame, I'll never get a chance to fly in one...*sigh*...

[ 04-10-2003, 12:12 PM: Message edited by: slicer15 ]

[Kaltia]

IMO, it makes sense-interest was dying, and business is business.
Shame, though

[Harkoliar]

posted by slicer ------------------- I see DK made that sig for you Harkoliar! Very nice!

hey thanks! . this is my first picture sig and also animated as well.. im gonna keep this forever [img]tongue.gif[/img] ..

back to topic:
i heard that when it comes to airline economy in the news before (around after sept 11) that the airlines were barly breaking even during peak season.. how so if its not.. and how ever so when the consumer confidence in airline travel is an all time low since people are afraid to travel.. second.. they may be a terror thread.. third... all that added security in the airports has increased expenses in every single way.. from time to personell.

i never knew that having an airline company could be so tough especially since its needed to travel around the globe.

[Seraph]

its a shame that millions of dollars is wasted on one persons single act of terrorism that can spark global disaster and leading to events what we call now as history in the making.. sigh..

Its amazing how people look to blame everything on the terrorists.

The mechanical issues (the crash outside paris, the parts falling off) of the Concord had a heck of a lot more to do with it then terrorist attacks.

Theres also been a trend twords cheap fairs over enjoyable flights. Its gotten to the point where some airlines have stoped serving hot meals durring long flights.

[Epona]

Originally posted by Harkoliar: its a shame that millions of dollars is wasted on one persons single act of terrorism that can spark global disaster and leading to events what we call now as history in the making.. sigh..

Er... as Seraph rightly said, it was the crash and subsequent safety fears that has made Concorde unviable. Even prior to that, and long before Sept 11th, Concorde was not particulary profitable, and made a loss some years.

It is truly a beautifully designed aircraft, and I will be sad to see it go.

[Ziroc]

Originally posted by Harkoliar: its a shame that millions of dollars is wasted on one persons single act of terrorism that can spark global disaster and leading to events what we call now as history in the making.. sigh..

Exactly what I thought. So sad. Those jets are amazing even today!

[Harkoliar]

posted by sepraph -------------------------------- Its amazing how people look to blame everything on the terrorists.

actually.. if you look at my second post, you can see my explanation... [img]smile.gif[/img] since i know so little about airlines bear with me because all i know about them is in the news. so i cant debate with ya either [img]tongue.gif[/img]