I'm not sure this is exactly what you seek, but there was an Aviation
Week and Space Technology article, published May 31, 1976, entitled
"Air France Starts Thrice Weekly U.S. Service on the Concorde's
initial runs from Paris to Washington". Here are some excerpts on page
25:
"Air France began its normal Paris-Washington Concorde schedule May 26
with an 8 p.m. Paris time departure from Charles de Gaulle Airport for
Washington after inaugural flights on May 24 and 25.
The carrier initially will operate three roundtrips a week between
Paris and Washington, with westbound flights Wednesdays, Fridays and
Sundays and eastbound flights Thursdays, Saturdays and Mondays."
-There is not much info on departure and arrival times, although the
article makes mention of the flight times for the inaugural run on May
24:
"The Air France Concorde left the blocks at Charles de Gaulle near
Paris at 1:55 p.m. local time (7:55 a.m. EDT) on May 24 for its first
commercial supersonic flight across the North Atlantic.
Takeoff followed at 2:06 p.m. The aircraft landed 3 hr. 50 min. later
at Dulles Airport after spending 2 hr. 53 min. at supersonic speeds en
route. Block time was 4 hr. 7 min. The aircraft carried 80 passengers,
about 50 of them fare-paying.
On the return flight to Paris, the French aircraft carried 79
passengers, of which about 70 were fare-paying.
The aircraft took off from Dulles at 12:03 p.m. Washington time and
arrived back at Paris-Charles de Gaulle at 9:46 p.m. Paris time (3:46
p.m. Washington time). Total flying time was 3 hr. 43 min., of which 2
hr. 54 min. were at supersonic speeds."
As far as the London to Washington runs:
(from same magazine, "British Ready Concorde Schedule Boost" Aviation
Week & Space Technology, May 31, 1976 , p. 24)
"British Airways last week began regular twice-a-week transatlantic
Concorde supersonic transport service between Washington and London
after completion of an inaugural roundtrip marred only by a takeoff
noise monitoring controversy...
...At London's Heathrow Airport, the Concorde arrived exactly on
schedule at 9:35 p.m. local time May 25, and baggage was delivered to
the customs hall 12 min. after engine shutdown at a special Concorde
passenger bridge connecting the stand with Heathrow's Terminal No. 3
arrivals building. There are no special handling facilities for
Concorde passengers on debarkation, since both customs and immigration
procedures are merged in one section of the terminal.
Flight time from takeoff at Dulles to touchdown at Heathrow was 3 hr.
37 min. and block time total was 3 hr. 55 min. The Concorde carried 82
passengers, of which 46 were fare-paying. A higher number was carried
eastbound due to more favorable wind conditions, according to the
pilot, Capt. Norman Todd.
Normal scheduled service from London in June, with two Concordes
available, will leave Heathrow at 1 p.m. local time each Thursday,
returning to London Friday, landing at 9:35 p.m. local time. Concorde
departs again for Dulles at 1 p.m. Saturday, returning to land at
Heathrow at 9:35 p.m. each Sunday.
Schedules will be increased when British Airways receives its third
Concorde early in July."
Also of possible interest:
"To meet the transatlantic schedule, the Bahrain link will be reduced
to once weekly -- each Wednesday - until June 17 when British Airways
will take delivery of its next Concorde. Limiting factor is the number
of pilots and flight engineers available for both services, since
seven pilots and seven flight engineers have been allocated to
Washington alone."
I hope this helps. |
