A proud record
Since its inaugural flight on January 21, 1976, more than half a million passengers have flown in British Airways’ seven Concordes. Unprecedented levels of operational excellence have been achieved and now, as many as 34 Concorde flights cross the Atlantic between London and New York and Washington every week. Concorde has broken the three-hour mark on its Atlantic crossings on three occasions: the fastest time being 2hrs 56min for the •' 5800 km journey between New York and London. Its fastest speed was 2368 km/h " (1472 m.p.h.) - Concorde was designed ’ and built jointly by British - Aerospace and Aerospatiale, Bristol and Toulouse. '
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Press, 7 June 1983, Page 26
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