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The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%.
As of February 2025, there were 426 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 256 747-400s, and 150 747-8s. These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
Reuters reported that Korean sold five Boeing 747s in May for $674 million ... and only four passenger airlines will still fly it ... Air China's New York service is the longest passenger 747 trek ...
The 747 is still the jet of choice for 11 governments and royal families around the world. Air Force One is the most iconic — although technically, it's not a 747 but a militarized version ...
A Boeing 747-273C of World Airways at Miami International Airport in 1974 wearing the early red color scheme. World Cargo MD-11F arriving at Stockholm Arlanda Airport.. World Airways was founded on March 29, 1948 by Benjamin Pepper with the introduction of ex-Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boats.
Boeing delivered five 747s in 2022, while in 1990, the peak delivery year of the bestselling 747-400 version, Boeing delivered 70 747s. As different sections of the last 747 – the wings or ...
The aircraft was delivered to Northwest Airlines on December 8, 1989. [7] When Northwest merged with Delta in 2009, N661US became Delta Ship 6301 and continued passenger operations for Delta until it was retired on September 9, 2015, making its final flight from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, [8] having logged more than ...
The aircraft's fuselage was stretched by 18 feet (5.5 m), reaching a total length of 250 feet (76 m), making it the longest airliner in service until the debut of the 777X in 2020. While retaining the basic structural design and wing sweep of its predecessors, the 747-8 features a deeper and thicker wing, allowing for greater fuel capacity, and ...