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Virgin Atlantic confirms an interest in buying Concorde

London, United Kingdom - Air company put some ideas to Airbus to keep the supersonic plane

"We had a really good meeting; we put some ideas to Airbus to keep Concorde flying and they've gone away to discuss those", Richard Branson, Virgin Atlantic Chairman, said. Virgin Atlantic expressed an interest in buying British Airways' fleet of supersonic aircraft after it announced it would retire Concorde in October (as pubblished by AVIONEWS on 04/30/03). BA CEO, Rod Eddington said Monday the...

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Rome, Italy, 05/22/2003 11:34
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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