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Old September 22nd 16, 03:02 PM posted to uk.transport.london
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On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:20:29 +0100
Recliner wrote:
No, it was one of the Shuttle goodies (which British Midland couldn't
offer). If they needed an extra Shuttle flight, Concorde was sometimes
the backup aircraft. For obvious reasons, this wasn't usually
advertised in advance, but I wonder if some people heard on the
grapevine. I once just missed travelling on one.


Given concordes fuel economy especially at sub sonic speeds, they must
have
made a heavy loss on those short flights.


probably

it was a marketing gimmick, nothing more

tim