There are compelling reasons not to. The magic Anyone who has travelled long distance by conventional airliner knows only too well what an ordeal it is these days, the privileged few in first class being the exception. Even they, however, cannot escape the dreaded jet lag. Not only does plodding along at say 400 or 500 mph seem too slow, but cabin pressures and duration take their toll as well. The cabin pressure of the Concorde is higher than that of a 747.
Civilians get to go where the very privileged few astronauts and fighter pilots go.
It flew from Paris to Boston in June of that year in a record 3 hrs. At the same time a Jumbo was taking off from Paris heading for Boston. The two aircraft crossed when the 747 was 620 miles out of Paris. '02' was already 2,400 miles from Boston. This ranged from passengers to pilots to ground crew to aircraft engineers. There was the case back in 1998 when parts fell off a wing.