HACAN ClearSkies has called for supersonic jet Concorde to be scrapped and replaced with a more economical plane after the aircraft made its first full transatlantic test flight for 15 months on Monday.

The flight was the first to New York since Concorde was grounded last year in the wake of a the crash near Paris which killed 113 people.

John Stewart, chairman of HACAN, who represent residents living under the Heathrow flight path, said: "I think BA should be instead working to get a plane that is less stressful to people, less polluting and produces less noise."