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Thus, Britain losing the upper hand to the US in the commercial aviation with Boeing going high in the business of manufacturing airplanes even today.
The Boeing 707, also its opening jetliner made its debut flight through the Pan Am flying from US (New York) to France (Paris) with its capacity of 117 passengers. Since jet planes were found to be as reliable as profitable as the traditional piston-driven airplanes, Boeing began focusing in manufacturing jet planes. 1962 saw the debut made by the Concorde, a supersonic jet plane through the Anglo-French Supersonic Aircraft Agreement. Seven years later in February 1969, Boeing 747 made entry into the skies with the increased seating capacity of 450 passengers which was twice the number any Boeing could carry at that time and sized over 80% than DC-8, the biggest jet plane during that time.
In 1976, Concorde officially offered services to Air France which plied between Paris and Buenos Aires while the British Airways operated from London to Bahrain. Although Concorde added to the glamour value to the British Airways and the Air France carrying celebrities and film stars, its production came to a closing stage in 1979 as none of the commercial airlines purchased them. However, the famous Concorde continued to be in service till 2003 when the British Airways decided to relieve its ageing glory.
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