The Concorde was the world's longest-serving supersonic airliner. It could cross the Atlantic in record time. Learn why this ...

For a fleeting 30 years during the 20th century, supersonic commercial air travel was a reality. But on October 24, 2003, that era came to an abrupt end. That day, British Airways operated its last ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The closest I’ve ever been to being on a supersonic flight was looking at the Concorde on static display at the Intrepid Museum in ...

A combination of poor loads and rising maintenance costs has led Air France and British Airways to announce that they will cease operating their Concorde fleets. British Airways is planning its final ...

The 100 passengers who boarded Air France flight 4590 from Paris Charles de Gaulle to New York JFK on the afternoon of 25 July 2000 believed they were in for the trip of a lifetime. The German cruise ...

Sonic boom restrictions limited Concorde to transatlantic flights, reducing its route flexibility and revenue potential.

This is part of a special series where NPR looks back at our coverage of major news stories in the past. Listen to the full audio story to hear NPR's archival audio. There was a time when you could ...

Former British Airways and IAG chief executive Willie Walsh has pointed to his insight of the carrier’s former BAC-Aerospatiale Concorde operation to explain why he would not be looking to buy ...

The legendary Concorde no longer takes to the skies with a thundering roar, but the supersonic jet—which flew 60,000 feet above the Earth at twice the speed of sound—lives on in a specially ...