Concorde (Air France)

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retired aircraft supersonic passenger airliner

Concorde (Air France) is a retired French-British supersonic passenger airliner once operated by Air France, renowned for its ability to fly at over twice the speed of sound on transatlantic routes.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
Concorde	14
Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde	6
Air France Concorde fleet	1
Aérospatiale–BAC Concorde	1
Concorde (Air France) canonical	1
Concorde G-BBDG	1
Concorde development team	1
Concorde prototype 001	1
Concorde supersonic airliner	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T328248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Concorde (Air France)
Context triple: [Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, housesArtifact, Concorde (Air France)]

A. Airbus A300
The Airbus A300 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner introduced in the 1970s as Airbus’s first commercial aircraft and one of the world’s earliest twin-engine wide-bodies.
B. Airbus A310
The Airbus A310 is a twin-engine, wide-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1980s as a shorter, more efficient derivative of the Airbus A300 for medium- to long-haul routes.
C. Airbus A340
The Airbus A340 is a long-range, four-engine wide-body commercial airliner designed for intercontinental passenger flights.
D. Airbus A330
The Airbus A330 is a wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner designed for medium- to long-haul routes and widely used by airlines around the world.
E. Air France
Air France is the French flag carrier airline and one of Europe’s major international airlines, operating a global network of passenger and cargo services.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Concorde (Air France)
Target entity description: Concorde (Air France) is a retired French-British supersonic passenger airliner once operated by Air France, renowned for its ability to fly at over twice the speed of sound on transatlantic routes.

A. Airbus A300
The Airbus A300 is a wide-body twin-engine jet airliner introduced in the 1970s as Airbus’s first commercial aircraft and one of the world’s earliest twin-engine wide-bodies.
B. Airbus A310
The Airbus A310 is a twin-engine, wide-body jet airliner introduced in the early 1980s as a shorter, more efficient derivative of the Airbus A300 for medium- to long-haul routes.
C. Airbus A340
The Airbus A340 is a long-range, four-engine wide-body commercial airliner designed for intercontinental passenger flights.
D. Airbus A330
The Airbus A330 is a wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner designed for medium- to long-haul routes and widely used by airlines around the world.
E. Air France
Air France is the French flag carrier airline and one of Europe’s major international airlines, operating a global network of passenger and cargo services.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	retired aircraft ⓘ supersonic passenger airliner ⓘ
aircraftFamily	Aérospatiale-BAC Concorde ⓘ linked to: Concorde (Air France)
aircraftRole	long-range supersonic transport ⓘ
airframeMaterial	aluminium alloy ⓘ
airlineHub	Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport ⓘ linked to: Charles de Gaulle Airport
airlineLivery	Air France livery ⓘ
allianceMembershipDuringService	SkyTeam (via Air France) ⓘ linked to: SkyTeam
cabinClassConfiguration	all-first-class layout ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	France ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ
designCruiseMachNumber	Mach 2 ⓘ
displayLocation	Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace, Le Bourget (one preserved airframe) ⓘ linked to: Musée de l’Air et de l’Espace Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (one preserved airframe) ⓘ
engineType	Rolls-Royce/Snecma Olympus 593 ⓘ
finalCommercialFlightDate	2003-05-31 ⓘ
finalCommercialFlightRoute	New York–Paris ⓘ
firstCommercialServiceDate	1976-01-21 ⓘ
fuelType	jet fuel (kerosene) ⓘ
heritageStatus	icon of 20th-century commercial aviation ⓘ
manufacturer	Aérospatiale ⓘ British Aircraft Corporation ⓘ
maximumCruiseSpeed	Mach 2.04 ⓘ
maximumPassengerCapacity	about 100 passengers ⓘ
noiseCharacteristic	high takeoff and landing noise levels ⓘ
notableAccident	Air France Flight 4590 crash on 2000-07-25 ⓘ
notableAchievement	cut transatlantic travel time by more than half ⓘ
notableFeature	afterburning engines ⓘ delta wing design ⓘ droop nose ⓘ
numberOfEngines	4 ⓘ
operator	Air France ⓘ
primaryBaseDuringService	Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport ⓘ linked to: Charles de Gaulle Airport
primaryRoute	Paris–New York route ⓘ linked to: New York–Paris Paris–Washington route ⓘ
propulsionType	turbojet ⓘ
reasonForRetirement	declining passenger demand ⓘ economic unviability ⓘ post-9/11 downturn in air travel ⓘ rising maintenance costs ⓘ
regulatoryEnvironment	restricted to over-ocean supersonic flight ⓘ
retirementDate	2003-05-31 ⓘ
safetyRecordImpact	Air France Flight 4590 accident contributed to eventual retirement ⓘ
serviceRegion	occasional charter routes to other continents ⓘ transatlantic routes ⓘ
serviceType	charter flights ⓘ scheduled passenger service ⓘ
typicalCruiseAltitude	60000 feet ⓘ
typicalTransatlanticFlightTime	about 3.5 hours Paris–New York ⓘ

How these facts were elicited