Who Blinked First?:Britain, Malaysia and the Dilemma of Concorde, 1977-1979

다국어 초록 (Multilingual Abstract)

In December 1977, the Malaysian government halted the BA’s Concorde service from London to Singapore by refusing permission for supersonic flights over Malaysian territorial waters. The official reason given was for environmental concerns. But Kuala Lumpur hoped to use Concorde as a bargaining chip to persuade London to renegotiate the Air Services Agreement and allow more Malaysian Airline System flights into London, although MAS was making more money on the route than BA. The British, however, called Malaysia’s bluff and announced that they would shelve the Concorde service before renegotiating the Air Services Agreement, thus removing Concorde from the equation and making it clear that the British had no incentive to grant the Malaysians the additional flights they wanted. Furthermore, the British warned that additional British investment in Malaysia may not happen if the Concorde matter was not resolved. In addition, Australia’s announcement of its International Civil Aviation Policy meant that London was now in a position to grant more Malaysian flights without damaging BA’s interests. Also, technical modifications to the Concorde in late 1978 meant that the plane could fly subsonically over Malaysian waters without incurring a significant payload penalty. The British were now in a very strong position to press the Malaysians into allowing supersonic overflights, since Malaysia would now need to appease the British in order to secure more MAS flights into London. Consequently, Malaysia finally agreed to allow supersonic overflights and the London-Singapore Concorde service resumed in January 1979.

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