The glory days of Concorde seemed like the start of a golden age of travel where flights would become faster as years went by. When Concorde was eventually taken out of service in 2003, it felt like a huge step backward.
Instead of being able to fly to New York from London in three hours, passengers had to revert to flights taking an average of around 7 hours. Since then, there has been little progress in reducing flight times, although with modern aircraft being able to fly further, overall journey times have reduced with the introduction of non-stop London to Perth flights and the planned Qantas London to Syndey service.
