Originally Posted by
Spent_All_My_Miles
There were also a number of individually small to moderate events -- such as a few flights losing chunks of the rudder -- which could have at some point brought Concorde to an end before the D-checks.
Rudder de-laminations have happened since the late 80's, so I don't think that'd be a problem.
Other than that, I have found my answer from 'ConcordeSST', suggested by ojs555 - thanks!
The answer (if anyone is wondering) is 2007, with the possibility to 2014.
I do have a feeling that if BA got AB flying again, allowing for the old flight times, combined with the better market in following months, they could have been comfortable up until now.
I'm sure even the emergence of Dubai would have possibly led to a route there, flying supersonically over the Med. Maybe... but then again, maybe not...
