Concorde allow for "luxury" features of subsonic air travel such as moving space, reclining seats and overall comfort. In the words of "The Guardian"'s Dave Hall, "Concorde was an outdated notion of prestige that left sheer speed the only luxury of supersonic travel." Air France made its final commercial Concorde landing in the United States in New York City from Paris on 30 May 2003. Air France's final Concorde flight took place on 27 June 2003 when F-BVFC retired to Toulouse. An auction of Concorde parts and memorabilia for Air France was held at Christie's in Paris on 15 November 2003;
HMS Concorde (1783) 9 September she captured four privateers, the 8-gun "Buonaparte", 10-gun "Amazone", 4-gun "Sauveur" and 2-gun "Fortune". "Concorde"s success against privateers continued with the capture of the 18-gun "Prudente" on 14 February 1799 and the 6-gun "San Josef" off Oporto in December 1800 and the 1-gun "San Miguel el Volante" on 1 December 1800. "Concorde" had a narrow escape from a French squadron under Rear-Admiral Honoré Joseph Antoine Ganteaume, which had sailed from Brest on 23 January 1801. The French sighted "Concorde" off Cape Finisterre on 27 January, and the 40-gun "Bravoure" was sent to chase her down. "Concorde" cast off