It was announced today that French and British officials have cleared the fleet of 12 aircraft for flight once the remaining safety modifications are made. The news comes 13 months and 11 days after the fatal crash minutes after takeoff from CDG airport. Both Air France and BA were pleased with the news to reinstate Concorde’s airworthiness certificate.

Air France has announced that it will resume commercial service between Pairs and New York in November, while BA intends to resume the London-New York route soon, though a date has not yet been set.

The mandatory airworthiness directive from civil aviation authorities lays out changes to be made to the aircraft before it can resume trans-Atlantic flights.

Source: USA Today 9/6/2001