As the flagship of British Airways and Air France, Concorde has many differences from other subsonic passenger planes. The Concorde cabins of British Airways and Air France are single-class with a capacity of 65,438+000 passengers. The engine room is divided into front and rear parts. The interior was designed by Raymond Loewy. There are 40 passengers in the front cabin and 60 passengers in the back cabin. The front and rear cabins are separated by toilets. The seating arrangement is four seats in each row, with an aisle in the middle. Due to the slender fuselage of Concorde, the cabin space is quite limited. In the seats near the aisle, the cabin clearance is only about 1.8 meters (6 feet), and the highest aisle clearance is only about 1.9 meters. The seats are also narrower than the first class of other subsonic airliners, which is actually similar to the economy class of ordinary airliners. The distance between seats is 38 inches, which is only about 6 to 7 inches more than that of ordinary economy class. The space in the luggage rack above the seat is also very limited, so Concorde controls the volume of carry-on luggage more strictly.

On the long-haul flights operated by Boeing 747 in the11990s, movie entertainment, seats with adjustable angle or direction, and pedestrian zone were the most common service features in first class and business class, but these were all lacking in Concorde, but the relatively short flight time of Concorde made up for the above equipment. A plasma display screen is installed in front of the cabin of Concorde, which shows the current flying altitude, flying speed and air temperature. Concord has extremely high quality and noble service level. Every passenger can enjoy champagne for free, and meals on the plane are provided by pottery and silver tableware produced by Wedgwood Company.

The cruising altitude of Concorde is twice as high as that of subsonic civil aircraft. The curvature of the earth will appear outside the window, and turbulence is rare. During supersonic cruise, although the air temperature outside the aircraft is as low as -60℃, the surface heating in the front of the fuselage will heat the fuselage to 120℃, and the windows will become warmer, so the room temperature in the front cabin will be higher than that in the rear cabin.

Delta wings can also make Concorde reach a higher angle of attack than traditional passenger aircraft. At this time, a large number of low-pressure vortices will be generated on the upper surface of the wing to maintain the lift. In wet weather, Concorde will even be surrounded by fog generated by low-pressure vortex. However, these situations will only occur during the low-speed flight of take-off and landing, when Concorde may encounter some bumps and vibrations.

The flight speed of Concorde combined with the centripetal force generated by the earth's rotation speed can temporarily reduce the crew weight 1% when flying from west to east, while the relative speed increases and the centripetal force increases and the weight increases by 0.3% when flying from east to west. On the other hand, the weight of Concorde will be further reduced by 0.6% due to its high flying height and being far away from the center of the earth.

Because the cruising speed of Concorde is faster than the solar terminator line, it can catch up with and surpass the rotation of the earth. On the westbound route, the arrival time is often earlier than the departure time in terms of local time. Some flights from Paris or London to the United States can take off after sunset, catch up with the sun halfway, and you can see the sun rising in the cockpit. In other words, Concorde allows passengers to "arrive in new york before leaving London"; British Airways also used this situation to promote the slogan "Arrive before departure".