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Old 3rd Jul 2003, 07:17
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gordonroxburgh
 
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At best Concorde would take 18hrs to fly from the UK to Australia with 2 tech stops. (Bahrain and Singapore etc..)

18hrs in the small cabin of Concorde against 24 hrs in first class or club class, is a no brainer.

Concorde could be classsed as a short haul jet flying medium haul routes.

Very few people would pay to fly that sort of route, you could pick up a few pax that would only fly one of the sectors, but not enough to make it pay.

BA tried this with the 2 sectors out to Singapore in the lates 70's early 80s'. It lost shed loads and in the end was never extended all the way to Australia.
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