Just watched ‘Richard & Judy’ and Branson was a guest, during the interview he said he would love to operate Concorde jointly with BA, Virgin and BA logos on opposite sides of the fin and all operating/maintenance costs split straight down the middle, he even suggested operating the fleet as an individual stand alone airline, now this is the most feasible idea I’ve yet heard as a potential solution to keeping Concorde in service, with BA’s maintenance skill and crews and Virgins PR and marketing machine in full swing maybe just maybe………….
Regards, Dazza.
By: A330Crazy - 1st May 2003 at 12:00
I got a model of the pepsi cola concorde. 😀
By: EGNM - 1st May 2003 at 11:30
cheers for that DCFLY. That was the prime example of the slow concorde that had speed restrictions on it due to the heat and no white paint syndrome!
By: Bhoy - 1st May 2003 at 11:17
it just dosen’t look quite right…
By: dcfly - 1st May 2003 at 10:21
Thats correct Andrew,
G-N81AC=G-BOAC
G-N94AA=G-BOAA
G-N94AB=G-BOAB
G-N94AD=G-BOAD
G-N94AE=G=BOAE…………………..these flew for Branniff/BA
G-N94AF=G-BOAF……………………flew for British AErospace
5 Air France Concordes also flew for Branniff
Dave
btw, did anyone see the Pepsi Cola c/s ?
By: A330Crazy - 30th April 2003 at 22:53
Because they were also operating flight for Braniff at the time??? I know that Braniff leased a few of them… not sure if this is the reason though?
By: EGNM - 30th April 2003 at 22:44
why were the reggies on some concordes changed to G-N??A? for example on the above pic G-N84AD? Seems wierd
By: T5 - 30th April 2003 at 21:08
I think Branson can smell success on the horizon and both he and BA knows that if Virgin should get hold of Concorde aircraft, they’ll actually be making a profit.
Perhaps he could have some luck by approaching Air France? Or are their aircraft all spoken for?
By: Ren Frew - 30th April 2003 at 20:22
Here she is, SIA on one side and BA on the other…
By: A330Crazy - 30th April 2003 at 19:55
They did this with SIA in the 70’s didnt they! One side painted in the SIA c/s and the other in the BA c/s?
By: EGNM - 30th April 2003 at 19:04
i wish… but sumhow i just cant see it happening!
By: Ren Frew - 30th April 2003 at 19:04
Sounds good to me. I reckon BA will pour cold water on the idea though for fear of admitting Branson had a better idea than them.
Branson seems to be the only airline operator coming up with positive suggestions to keep the thing in the air. :p
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