Even before Air France and the British BOAC Airliner signed on the dotted line for their Concorde orders, Pan Am had already placed an order reservation for six complete airframes. By 1969 ...

The British government has already begun to grouse about its development costs, and BOAC and Air France have been worried that the Concorde may not be efficient enough to compete with the U.S ...

By the time Concorde took its first test flight, orders had been received for more than 100 aircraft from dozens of major airlines of the day. Pan Am, American Airlines, BOAC, and Lufthansa were ...