British Airways confirmed the end of Concorde last week, declaring that it would not be feasible to keep one aircraft flying in the heritage role.BA chief executive Rod Eddington said the feasibility study conducted with Airbus concluded that the technical and financial challenges are absolutely prohibitive. 'Airbus says it is unable to support such a project,' he added.
The five operational Concordes are being flown to two UK museums - Airbus UK at Filton in Bristol and Manchester airport - and three transatlantic ones: Grantley Adams airport, Bridgetown, Barbados; The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York; and the Museum of Flight, Seattle, Washington. One of the two grounded aircraft will be shipped by road and barge to the Museum of Flight, near Edinburgh, and the other is expected to go on display at Heathrow. Brooklands Museum in the UK is in talks with BA to acquire the first British production Concorde, in storage at Filton.
Source: Flight International
