February 8, 201115 yr Nice shots. I know that both the BA Concorde and the Air France Concorde made it to Hong Kong. Does anyone know the schedule or routes they were on to get there. I cannot find any regular scheduled service so have to think this was a tour of some type. thanks, Mark.
February 9, 201115 yr Author It would be a nice addition to the Heathrow-Bahrain-Singapore route. From Singapore you can head directly over the sea and go up to Hong Kong.
February 10, 201115 yr Mark, she used to fly - London - Bahrain - Bangkok - Hong Kong, but I have no idea what the routing was. I think, if I remember correctly Concorde only flew a couple flights before her overfly permissions were pulled. She also flew one flight via Delhi, before being re-routed to Singapore. From Steve Foster at BAV: London - Bahrain Date: 2 March 1985 Flight #: BA9063C Reg: G-BOAA Off blocks: LHR 1358 GMT Airbourne: LHR 1415 GMT Landed: BAH 1839 GMT On blocks: BAH 1840 GMT Distance flown: 3,126 n.miles Supersonic flight time: 1 hr 33 mins Bahrain - Bangkok Date: 2/3 March 1985 Flight #: BA9063C Reg: G-BOAA Off blocks: BAH 2003 GMT Airbourne: BAH 2012 GMT Landed: BKK 2359 GMT On blocks: BKK 0004 GMT Distance flown: 3,542 n.miles Supersonic flight time: 3 hr 02 mins Bangkok - Hong Kong Date: 3 March 1985 Flight #: BA9063C Reg: G-BOAA Off blocks: BKK 0113 GMT Airbourne: BKK 0117 GMT Landed: HKG 0317 GMT On blocks: HKG 0323 GMT Distance flown: 1,656 n.miles Supersonic flight time: 1 hr 25 mins
February 11, 201115 yr Thanks Michael, I think you are correct that the flights did not last very long before the Indian government pulled the overfly approvals. More details here. http://www.concordesst.com/history/events/sia.html regards, Mark.