The Concorde Transatlantic Service was the supersonic passenger air route linking London and Paris with New York City, the signature application of the Concorde airliner. Begun in 1976 and extended to New York in 1977, it cut the Atlantic crossing to roughly three and a half hours before ending in 2003 with Concorde's retirement. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Established YearConcorde entered scheduled service in January 1976; transatlantic New York routes began in 1977 once noise-related permitting disputes were resolved. SignificanceThe only regularly scheduled supersonic passenger air service ever operated, cutting the London or Paris to New York crossing to about three and a half hours; ended in 2003 following Concorde's retirement. 1 Route TypeSupersonic long-haul airline route 1 TerminiLondon and Paris to New York City 1 Operational Status Connections
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1. Wikipedia: Concorde
WikipediaLead section, sentence naming the Washington and New York routes
Transatlantic flights were the main market, to Washington Dulles from 24 May, and to New York JFK from 17 October 1977.
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