It flew for the time from Toulouse on March 6, 1976. Following its delivery to Air France on April 8, 1976 it was registered to Compagnie Nationale Air France. It was re-registered F-BVFB / N94FB to Air France / Braniff Airways on January 12, 1979 to comply with American registration requirements for the operation of the aircraft across continental United States. Following the aircraft’s arrival at New York / Washington DC from Paris, the aircraft was used by Braniff Airways to fly its Washington DC – Dallas Fort Worth service and return.
Use of this aircraft was short-lived on the route as it was reregistered F-BVFB on June 1, 1980. Due to low aircraft utilization F-BVFB was stored between June 1990 and May 1996. As it had flown around 12,000 hours it was due for a major ‘D’ check. The ‘D’ check was started in April 1996 to allow the aircraft to be back in service when F-BVFC’s ‘D’ check came up the following year. F-BVFB’s Certificate of Airworthiness was cancelled on August 15, 2000 as a result of the crash of the Air France Concorde at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris on July 25, 2000. This accident resulted in all Concordes being grounded.
