BA purchasers play leading part in Concorde upgrade_3
18 July 2012
British Airways’ purchasing department has played a key role in speeding the imminent return to service of the world’s only supersonic passenger jet.
An airline procurement team has been working closely with EADS, the French supplier of heat-resistant Kevlar liners that have been fitted to the fuel tanks inside Concorde’s wings at a cost of £18 million.
Swift procurement of the liners enabled BA to re-commission Concorde up to one month before Air France - which owns the jet that crashed into a Paris hotel...