Supersonic Concorde jet starts regular service 40 years ago today (Jan 21 1976)


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(Wednesday, January 21, 1976) — Two Concorde jets, taking off simultaneously from London (British Airways on the London–Bahrain route) and Paris (Air France on the Paris–Rio via Dakar route), today inaugurated the world’s first scheduled supersonic passenger services.