Britsh Airways Concorde at Heathrow Engineering base - is is serviceable/could it fly??

Question

Passing through Heathrow yesterday I noticed a Concorde aircraft outside one of the hangars at the engineering base.

Is this aircraft serviceable/ could it fly or be put into service if required??

Did it lose its' Certificate of Airworthiness, or because of global economy it was just decided to "mothball"it???

Answer 1

The thing with the Concorde is that only British Airways and Air France ordered them.  There were about 13 that were flying and what happened was spare parts towards the end was not made for them.  Therefore the airlines had to strip parts from other Concordes to keep the existing ones flying.  

I do not think the Concorde will enter service again nor do I think the aircraft is serviceable.

Answer 2

based on the number of accidents relative to the number of take off and landings Concorde was not a safe plane, there were often incidents causing it to turn back or things fell off etc and it also became very expensive to fly as it guzzled fuel and was very noisy. However it passed quite low over  my house everyday as it came in to land at London and it was absolutely magnificent to see

Answer 3

My understanding is that it had always been a primarily economic decision.   After the Concorde crash in 2000 and the advent of 9/11, it was stated that demand had decreased significantly.  In addition, rising maintenance costs and lack of availability of parts - blamed on Airbus - was beginning to become a factor.  Finally, it was becoming an unprofitable venture for BA and AF.  It just cost too much to fly and greater profits could be realized from the "regular" first class passenger.  

As far as I know, it never did lose its certification to fly.  I'm sure, with proper service, it absolutely *could* fly.