How British Airways' 7-Concorde Fleet Quietly Invented The 2-Tier Cabin Strategy Every Airline Copies Today

The Boeing 707 cut travel times by nearly half in the 1950s, while being capable and economical enough to entice airlines to commit to the change. Concorde was supposed to do the same thing in the 1970s, but the plane's economics and lack of practicality resulted in one of the biggest failures in commercial aviation history. In the end, just 14 flew in regular commercial service: seven for British Airways, and seven for Air France, and these planes were bought at remarkably low prices.

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