[varyouga]

Dont believe it was retired due to the accident.

It was the recession after 9/11 and less demand to travel for business meetings due to email and video conferencing. Most of the Concorde passengers were high-level businessmen and diplomats.

[Campion]

The Concorde never made money. The number of people who are willing to pay $10,000 to get to Europe in 2 1/2 hours (versus $1,000 or so to get there in 8) is miniscule.

That's why the only airlines which ever flew it were government-owned Air France and British Airways. Private carriers have to turn a profit.

[mountn man]

It was the recession after 9/11 and less demand to travel for business meetings due to email and video conferencing. Most of the Concorde passengers were high-level businessmen and diplomats.

And yet most air travel today is by business travelers.

We're talking a business class product at a business class price.