To mark the 50th anniversary of the introduction of scheduled British Airways flights on Concorde on 21 January 1976 below are BA advertorials from 1975 t0 1976. These details plans for the launch and subsequent services to Washington, New York and Singapore.
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“Take Your Seat On Concorde”
On 15 October 1975, British Airways opened reservations for the first Concorde flights to Bahrain.
TOMORROW, October 15, the travelling public gets its first opportunity to book a supersonic flight on Concorde.
British Airways Reservations will accept bookings for Concorde flights to Bahrain. Initially there will be two Concorde flights a week by British Airways to the Gulf. Flights will leave Heathrow every Monday and Wednesday at 10:45 and will land in Bahrain just over four hours later, at 18:00 local time. Concorde flights from Bahrain will leave at 09:45 on Tuesdays and Thursdays and arrive back in London at 11:05 local time
“Concorde – Just 8 Days To Go”
From 13 January 1976, British Airways prepares to launch scheduled Concorde passenger flights from London Heathrow Terminal 3.
CONCORDE’S new era of speed in the air is to be matched by new plans by British Airways to speed and smooth the way for passengers on the ground either end of supersonic flights.
Gordon Davidson, British Airways’ Concorde Director said: “We have got the fastest airliner in the world, and we are doing everything we can to make the rest of the journey comparable.”
“Start of a Supersonic Era – The Future Begins Today”
On Wednesday 21st January 1976 British Airways began twice weekly scheduled Concorde passenger flights from London Heathrow to Bahrain.
BRITISH AIRWAYS introduces a new era in civil aviation this morning with the start of services for fare-paying passengers in the supersonic Concorde.
Taking off at 11.30am from London’s Heathrow Airport, the airliner which cruises at 1,350 mph will streak over the 3,500 miles to Bahrain at least two hours quicker than the fastest subsonic jet — in spite of more than an hour of subsonic flight across the continent of Europe.
“Supersonic Washington”
British Airways announces its first supersonic service across the Atlantic to Washington.
BRITISH AIRWAYS’ supersonic Concordes are to begin flying regular services on the “Blue Riband” North Atlantic route between London and Washington from May 24 — so notching up, with Air France, another important “first” in the history of air travel.
So fast will the east-west flight be, that the 1,350 mph. airliner will arrive in the United States, local time, 70 minutes earlier than the time they left Britain.
Concorde will streak between London and Washington in a flight time of three hours and 50 minutes, clipping a remarkable four hours and 15 minutes from the time taken by subsonic jets.
From Washington to London the Concorde flight time is again three hours and 50 minutes, while subsonic airliners usually take six hours 45 minutes.