Not actually true. The GBP1 price (and FFR1 for Air France) was agreed for
the final two to each airline, which they hadn't ordered and which had been
produced to fill other orders which were cancelled. There was a bilateral
agreement that neither airline could cease service without the agreement of
the other. That's all the intrigue there is. There certainly was no sell -
on part of the deal. Branson is just trying his luck, and why not?
Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Mitchell" <jon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 12:42 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OT photo ops
> <snip>
> What is annoying me more than anything else is the way this has been done.
I
> wasn't around when all the concordes started, but my understanding of it
is
> this :
>
> When British Airways were given, yes that's GIVEN, the fleet of Concorde's
> by the government (who paid for them), it was with the agreement that if
> they were to stop the service then they MUST sell the fleet to any
> interested party for the fee of 1GBP (yes ONE GBP !) for the purposes of
> continuing the Concorde service. Now granted, the person buying the fleet
> would have some very large costs to keep the service going, but a certain
> enterprising individual here did actually make the bid. His reasoning
being
> that it would make good business sense, and keep a spectacular piece of
> engineering in the air.
>
> Why has this agreement between BA and the government been so swiftly swept
> under the carpet and ignored ? I don't know, but given the way things
have
> been going with our current leadership over the last few years - frankly
it
> doesn't surprise me.
>
> I'm still hopeful that someone who wants to continue to run the service
will
> be given the opportunity.
>
> Rant over. Sorry. I really must finish my web-page, then I can vent
there
> !! (There is a "rant-of-the-day" page in the making .... !). Can I join
the
> curmudgeon club ? Please ?!!
>
> Jon
>
>
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