John Dallman
June 4th 06, 02:42 PM
In article >, (Jonathan
Wilson) wrote:
> I seem to remember that when BA and Air France were shutting down
> Concorde, Richard Branson and Virgin wanted to buy up and operate
> some of them (I think he said at the time that he would operate them
> even at a loss just for the prestige of having the worlds only
> supersonic passenger plane). But it didnt happen (I guess because
> the airports, UK/french governments and the manufacturers who would
> have had to keep making parts for the things didnt want them flying
> anymore)
He seems to have been doing that for the publicity. The amount that he
was saying that he'd have to pay Airbus for parts was way, way less than
the amount Airbus was saying they'd want to keep producing them.
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Wilson) wrote:
> I seem to remember that when BA and Air France were shutting down
> Concorde, Richard Branson and Virgin wanted to buy up and operate
> some of them (I think he said at the time that he would operate them
> even at a loss just for the prestige of having the worlds only
> supersonic passenger plane). But it didnt happen (I guess because
> the airports, UK/french governments and the manufacturers who would
> have had to keep making parts for the things didnt want them flying
> anymore)
He seems to have been doing that for the publicity. The amount that he
was saying that he'd have to pay Airbus for parts was way, way less than
the amount Airbus was saying they'd want to keep producing them.
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