Interesting why was BA gifted their Concordes? Did Air France lose money on their Concorde routes?
They specifically mention that both Airlines didn't have to pay for the planes:
> Part of the reason the airlines could claim some profitability on the Concorde was because they did not have to incur capital costs on the planes. [...] The governments of England and France underwrote the costs of building the 14 Concordes, which were then turned over to the two national airlines.
[1] http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/24/nyregion/for-concorde-econ...