Concorde jets into Jakarta

Concorde jets into Jakarta

JAKARTA (JP): To help celebrate Indonesia Air Show '96, which
is being held at Soekarno-Hatta Airport until June 30, British
Airways will operate an additional scheduled one-off flight
between London and Jakarta using a Concorde aircraft.

The world's only supersonic passenger aircraft will arrive at
Soekarno-Hatta airport on Monday, June 24, at 7:30 a.m. The
return flight to London will be on Friday June 28, at 12:35 p.m.
Tickets for the flight are on sale.

The Concorde will cover the 8,200 miles from Jakarta to London
in 10 hours and 20 minutes. The fastest subsonic flights (Boeing
747-400) from Jakarta to London currently take 15 hours and 20
minutes. Due to noise restrictions, the aircraft will not fly
supersonic over land. It will make refueling stops at Colombo and
Jeddah.