The 2000 crash of Air France Flight 4590 marked the tragic downfall of the iconic Concorde, the world’s fastest commercial ...

The Concorde was the world's longest-serving supersonic airliner. It could cross the Atlantic in record time. Learn why this ...

Concorde is a story of joy, of emotion, of technical prowess," said Jean-Pierre Lefebvre, an Air France staffer, before the flight departed with 58 passengers, three pilots and eight cabin crew.

Supersonic aircraft have been criticized by environmentalists for burning more fuel per passenger than comparable subsonic ...

Air India flight AI 171 crashed in India's Ahmedabad, a Concorde crash outside the French capital of Paris changed aviation ...

Air France and British Airways announced they would be retiring their fleet of Concorde planes on April 10, 2003. Later that year, in October, the supersonic passenger airplane had its final flight.

Air France grounded its Concorde fleet after a crash in the Paris suburb of Gonesse on July 25, 2000, that killed 109 people on the plane and four on the ground. Britain followed suit weeks later.

Air France says its aircraft could have at least seven more years of service. Air France Concorde F-BTSC had undergone heavy routine maintenance less than a week before it crashed, according to ...

Concorde was a joint project between Britain and France, which is partly why the plane is synonymous with two airlines: British Airways and Air France. The plane's first commercial flight to the U ...

In 1989, Air France signed a letter of agreement to donate a Concorde to the National Air and Space Museum upon the aircraft's retirement. On June 12, 2003, Air France honored that agreement, donating ...

PARIS (AP) -- An Air France Concorde en route to New York City crashed outside Paris shortly after takeoff Tuesday, slamming into a hotel and restaurant. All 109 people aboard were reported killed ...