As an avid fan of Concorde (I'm in the draw for one of the free seats!) I would love to see her continue. There is however a simple fact that will prevent this happening. The aircrafts' type approval and thus it's certificate of airworthiness is being withdrawn at the end of October. Not by BA mind you - we want to continue flying, but by EADS. As successor to BAC/Aerospatiale (who built Concorde) they have decreed that they will only continue their support i.e. spares/mods etc if the aircraft are put through a 15 year life extension programme. This will cost billions. Sir Richard Branson knows this and thus his posturing is seen as nothing but cheap publicity at the expense of BA.
In a way we should "give" him a couple of the AF aircraft and sit back and watch the attempt to operate them bankrupt VS.......