Editing Concorde (section)

===Retirement===
In 2003, Air France and British Airways announced the retirement of Concorde, due to rising maintenance costs, low passenger numbers following the [[Air France Flight 4590|25 July 2000 crash]], and the slump in air travel following the [[September 11 attacks]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2934257.stm |title=Concorde grounded for good |work=BBC News |access-date=30 June 2011 |date=10 April 2003 |archive-date=4 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100804154034/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2934257.stm |url-status=live}}</ref>

Air France flew its last commercial flight on 30 May 2003<ref>{{cite news |title=Concorde makes Final Flight from Paris to New York |publisher=Associated Press|date=30 May 2003 |first=Laurent |last=Lemel}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2952594.stm |title=French Concorde bids adieu |work=BBC News |date=31 May 2003 |access-date=15 January 2010 |archive-date=24 September 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060924045537/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2952594.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> with British Airways retiring its Concorde fleet on 24 October 2003.<ref name="jlfin">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11477-2003Oct24.html |title=Final Concorde flight lands at Heathrow |first=Jill |last=Lawless |agency=Associated Press |date=26 October 2003 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=26 August 2017 |archive-date=13 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513093402/https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11477-2003Oct24.html |url-status=live}}</ref>