Skipness One Echo
Skipness One Echo, everyone seems to think it operated at a loss but that was never true. Air France yes, but British Airways operated the fleet 2 life-cycles past the airframes expectancy. She operated flawlessly.
On average Concorde made and operating profit of £30-50 Million a year for British Airways. I believe in the final months April-October this figure was £60 million or more with every seat being full. In 1999 BA earned £140 million in revenues, operating the fleet to unseen levels.
It's hardly unbelievable that Concorde was a major player within the airline. She operated gracefully for 27 years.