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As of November 2024, there were 429 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 258 747-400s, and 151 747-8s. [1] These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
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%.
Former Continental Airlines fleet. Boeing 747-100: 23 1970 1999 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 777-200ER: One was damaged as Flight 811, but was later repaired and re-registered as N4724U. Another was damaged as Flight 826. Boeing 747-200B: 10 1987 2000 Boeing 747SP: 11 1985 1995 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 767-300ER Boeing 777-200: Former Pan Am fleet ...
British Airways will retire its entire 747 jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect. Thursday's (July 16) announcement came after air travel went into freefall this year. BA - the world's largest ...
Boeing 747-100: 5 1970 1977 [56] Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: Early retirement accelerated due to the 1970s energy crisis. Boeing 747-400: 16 2008 2018 Airbus A350-900: Former Northwest Airlines fleet. Last major passenger 747 operator in North America. [57] N661US ship 6301, the first 747-400 is displayed at the Delta Flight Museum. Boeing 767-200 ...
The jumbo jets were originally designed to hold 27 first class and 292 economy class passengers and featured a lounge in the upper deck called the “club in the sky."
British Airways, currently the largest operator of the Boeing 747, said it would retire its entire fleet of the iconic aircraft earlier than expected due to the coronavirus downturn. The airline ...
Except for the Boeing 707 and early Boeing 747 variants from BOAC, British Airways inherited a mainly UK-built fleet of aircraft when it was formed in 1974. The airline introduced the Boeing 737 and Boeing 757 into the fleet in the 1980s, followed by the Boeing 747-400, Boeing 767 and Boeing 777 in the 1990s. BA was the largest Boeing 747-400s ...