Thanks to its exceptional speed, Concorde halved the flight time compared to conventional aircraft, allowing passengers to cross the Atlantic in approximately three hours.
Concorde, a supersonic airliner, was a prodigy of engineering and design. Jointly developed by France and the United Kingdom, it made its first commercial flight in 1976 and offered supersonic transatlantic flights for nearly three decades. Thanks to its exceptional speed, Concorde halved the flight time compared to conventional aircraft, allowing passengers to cross the Atlantic in approximately three hours.