Commercial Concorde Speeds On Concorde celebrated 20 years of commercial service in January, and British Airways is planning to keep the world’s only supersonic transport in service for another two decades. Since the inaugural service from London Heathrow to Bahrain on January 21, 1976, BA’s seven Concordes have made some 42,000 flights, logged more than

Fokker Deadline Looms The future of Fokker was in doubt at press time following majority shareholder Daimler-Benz Aerospace’s late January decision to withdraw financial support from the troubled manufacturer. DASA’s announcement of its decision not to provide further financial support for the debt-laden Fokker has forced the Dutch airframer to seek bankruptcy protection, similar to