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Re:American Airlines agrees to purchase Boom Supersonic Over... by bogomipz on Tuesday August 16, 2022 @06:48PM (#32490003)
The Arab Oil Embargo was 1973-1974 and the Concord didn't go into commercial service until 1976. While it sounds like the oil crisis had an effect on airlines placing Concord orders it didn't overlap with the commercial service being offered to the public. See:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concorde

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