Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They had to stop because it was becoming too expensive to keep them airworthy. simon jessurun > It is possibly the development costs which they were talking about, but > I don't think it ever made a profit - maybe the information you read is > true and that which I read is not but I think not. If they were making > a handsome profit why did they stop? > All the information I heard was that Air France never made any money > flying it and BA only on the New York route. > Frank > > > On Monday, December 29, 2003, at 11:40 pm, Marc James Small wrote: > > > At 08:11 AM 12/29/03 +0000, Frank Dernie wrote: > >> I read over Christmas that each Concorde passenger was subsidised by > >> £3,300 by the British taxpayer - maybe just as well it was stopped, > >> beautiful though it is! > > > > Well, figures don't lie but liars figure. The Concorde long ago > > repaid the > > purchase cost and was making a handsome profit off of its passengers. > > BUT > > that only occurred because the British and French governments absorbed > > the > > development costs for the craft. > > > > Marc > > > > msmall@infionline.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir! > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html