21 years on from Concorde’s final commercial flight

On this day, in 2003 Concorde flew commercially for the last time, with British Airways.

British Airways had planned a spectacular grand finale for Concorde on 24th October 2003. A triple arrival of Concorde was scheduled, from Edinburgh, London via the Bay of Biscay and New York.

Captain Les Brodie flew G-BOAE to London from Edinburgh and in the afternoon, Captain Paul Douglas took G-BOAF around the Bay of Biscay from London and returned.

The final flight with Mike Bannister at the helm departed from New York at midday UK time and arrived at Heathrow, marking the end of Concorde’s commercial service.

In just a month, Concorde had its final flight altogether on 26th November 2003.

The last commercial flight attracted massive media attention. People gathered at Heathrow to photograph the supersonic aeroplane for the last time.