The Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde aircraft was a supersonic passenger airliner or supersonic transport (SST). It was a product of an Anglo-French government treaty, combining the manufacturing efforts of Aérospatiale and British Aircraft Corporation. With only 20 aircraft ultimately built, the costly development phase represented a substantial economic loss. Additionally, Air France and British Airways were subsidised by their governments to buy the aircraft. Concorde was the more successful of the only two supersonic airliners to have ever operated commercially, the Tupolev Tu-144 being the other. The Tu-144 had a higher maximum speed, but required more fuel and had less range than Concorde.

First flown in 1969, Concorde service commenced in 1976 and continued for 27 years. It flew regular transatlantic flights from London Heathrow (British Airways) and Paris Charles de Gaulle (Air France) to New York JFK and Washington Dulles, profitably flying these routes at record speeds, in less than half the time of other airliners. Concorde also set many other records, including the official FAI "Westbound Around The World" and "Eastbound Around the World" world air speed records.

As a result of the type's only crash (on 25 July 2000), world economic effects arising from the 9/11 attacks, and other factors, operations ceased on 24 October 2003. The last "retirement" flight occurred on 26 November 2003.

Concorde remains an icon of aviation history, and has acquired an unusual nomenclature for an aircraft. In common usage in the United Kingdom, the type is known as "Concorde" rather than "the Concorde" or "a Concorde".

lastminute.com: Save up to 70% on last second travel deals!
Offers last minute deals on flights, hotels, tickets, and gifts.

Last Minute Flight Deals to Toronto | Farecast
Last Minute Flight Deals to Toronto based on Science, not Marketing. Cheap Flights to London.Cheap Flights to Los Angeles.Cheap Flights to Miami

Last Minute Cheap Ticket Cheap Airfare for Toronto
vacation, Last Minute Deal, Last Minute Club, Last Minute Flight, Cheap Airfare, Toronto, Rome, Vancouver, Hong Kong, Delhi, Singapore, Tokyo, Paris, London,

Last-minute hotel deals
Hotels.DEALS & OFFERS.Flights.Vacation Packages.Business Travel London Hotels.Activities.Maps.Cruises.Los Cabos Hotels .Los Angeles Hotels.Cars

Last Minute Flight Deals | Farecast
Cheap Flights to Vancouver .Last Minute Cheap Flight Deals (within the next 2 weeks) $552.00.New York (JFK) to London (LHR) Cheap Flights to Toronto