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Old Apr 11, 2003 | 11:06 am
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JohnG
 
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by ScottC:
BA and AF proved that there is a (niche) market for supersonic travel...</font>
AFAIK, the concorde program never turned a profit. The development costs were immmense and given that only around 14 aircraft were ever in service it was impossible to ever recover the investment.Given the dire straits airlines are in, such a "loss leader" had to go...

Still, terribly sad to see her grounded....

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