Supersonic passenger flight with the Concorde existed previously but no longer exists.
Resolved true The record shows it happened or was so.
Factual: Statements about the present or the past, checked against the record: did they hold up?
What would count as true or false
Judge as of 2018-01-01. True: the Concorde supersonic passenger service operated in the past (1976 to 2003) and no supersonic passenger service was operating as of the claim date. Mostly true: the core point holds with a minor detail off. Mixed: not applicable unless supersonic passenger flight partly existed. Mostly false: some commercial supersonic passenger service was operating in 2018. False: the Concorde never flew commercially or was still in service in 2018.
Set before the research began.
Evidence (4)
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E1 Celebrating Concorde | Information | British Airways British Airways · 7 October 2025
“On 24 October 2003, British Airways withdrew Concorde, bringing to a close the world’s only supersonic passenger service.”
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E2 Concorde | Summary, History, & Facts Encyclopaedia Britannica · 2 December 2008
“Concorde operations were finally ceased by Air France in May 2003 and by British Airways in October 2003.”
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E3 Concorde operational history - Wikipedia Wikipedia · 3 November 2024
“Concorde began scheduled flights with British Airways (BA) and Air France (AF) on 21 January 1976.[1] AF flew its last commercial flight on 31 May 2003[2][3] with BA retiring its Concorde fleet on 24 October 2003.[4]”
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E4 Concorde operational history - Wikipedia Wikipedia · 3 November 2024
“BA maintain ownership and have stated that they will not fly again due to a lack of support from Airbus.”
Reasoning
E3 says Concorde scheduled service began on 21 January 1976. E2 and E3 say Air France ended operations in May 2003 and British Airways in October 2003. E1, published in 2025, says BA's withdrawal of Concorde in 2003 ended the world's only supersonic passenger service, and E4 says BA has stated the aircraft will not fly again. Together these show Concorde flew passengers in the past and that no supersonic passenger service was running as of 2018-01-01.
Cite this claim
Marc Andreessen, “Supersonic passenger flight with the Concorde existed previously but no longer exists.” (said 1 January 2018). Verdict: resolved true. Reliability API, claim c_0c7056388d80, method 0.1.0+c876030c, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_0c7056388d80
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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