Concorde Retirement Update
NEWS SUMMARY
Financial Times: demand for tickets on the remaining flights is high - the 1,000 discounted BA tickets sold out in hours - more special fares will be made available - BA received "between 20 to 30 serious inquiries" to take one of the aircrafts - Smithsonian Air and Space will almost certainly get one - Heathrow's new Terminal Five will perhaps get one - City of Bristol wants to bring one back to the "Home of Concorde" at Filton - private collectors most certainly won't get one - send-off celebrations planned that include a "tour of Britain" to allow as many people as possible to see the aircraft fly again for the last time
Bristol Evening Post: Richard Branson renewed his controversial bid to take over the entire fleet of seven Concordes - wants to give one to the City of Bristol in case he succeeds, says one should be given to the public in either case - BA said again that the jets would be mothballed in museums rather than sold off to rival airlines - Branson: "This is the beginning of a campaign to make sure that every effort is made to see that one of the greatest engineering innovations in Britain will not disappear unnecessarily."
LET'S BRING HER HOME CAMPAIGN
"The Bristol Evening Post has launched a campaign to bring queen of the skies Concorde home to Bristol. The supersonic jet was designed, built and tested at Filton, where plane giant Airbus is now based, and we are fighting for it to be returned to its historical birthplace. " - Campaign latest news
IN THE ARCHIVES
2003-04-12: The Concorde - soon, the Sound of Silence
