# Concorde enters commercial service (1976)

URL: https://history-france.com/timeline/1976-concorde-enters-commercial-service
Location: Paris

The supersonic airliner began scheduled passenger operations. Within the broader Fifth Republic period, The 1958 Constitution created a stronger presidency and a durable Fifth Republic. Decolonization, European integration, social change, economic shocks and recurring debates over identity, secularism and the role of the state have shaped contemporary France. At this point in the timeline, the relevant governing authority is Valéry Giscard d’Estaing (President of the French Republic). Concorde enters commercial service mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power. The event is positioned here so visitors can read it alongside changes in government, warfare, society, religion, culture and France’s wider international setting.

## Why it matters
Concorde enters commercial service mattered because it changed material life, state capacity, economic networks or France’s ability to project power.

Ruler at the time: [Valéry Giscard d’Estaing](https://history-france.com/rulers/valery-giscard-d-estaing)

## Sources
- [Wikipedia topic lookup — Concorde enters commercial service](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Search?search=Concorde+enters+commercial+service&go=Go)
- [Encyclopaedia Britannica topic lookup — Concorde enters commercial service](https://www.britannica.com/search?query=Concorde+enters+commercial+service)
- [Élysée — Institutions of the Fifth Republic](https://www.elysee.fr/en/french-presidency/the-institutions)