British Airways and Air France have put their faith in a
travel industry recovery by announcing Concorde flights will resume on November
7.
The carriers will introduce a reduced service to New York of
five and four weekly flights from London Heathrow and Paris respectively.
BA is to also restart flights to Barbados between December 1
and April 13 with a weekly service.
Tickets leading-in at around £6,000 have gone on sale for
the three hours and 20 minutes transatlantic flight.
BA said work continues on a fourth Concorde to upgrade
safety. Three of the airline’s seven supersonic jets have already been fitted
with stronger tyres and rubber-lined fuel tanks.
The world’s two Concorde fleets were grounded in July 2000
after an Air France jet crashed in Paris.