Concorde cleared for take-off

Air France has been given permission to fly a Concorde round trip from Paris for tests amid hopes of returning the grounded supersonic fleet to the sky.

Air France has been given permission to fly a Concorde on a round trip from Paris for tests amid hopes of returning the grounded supersonic fleet to the sky.

The permit will allow the Concorde, grounded since a fatal crash in July, to be flown to a military base near Marseilles and back to Paris.