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The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of additional range.
A Boeing 707 and Boeing 747-200 at Longreach's Qantas Founders Outback Museum. Qantas has had a varied fleet since the airline's inception. Following its foundation shortly after the end of the First World War, the first aircraft to serve in the fleet was the Avro 504K, a small biplane.
The Global Supertanker (N744ST, tanker/tail number 944) is a Boeing 747-400 dubbed the Spirit of John Muir. It was certified for firefighting flights by the Federal Aviation Administration in September 2016 and fought fires in Chile and Israel before being contracted by U.S. officials to fight California wildfires in 2017. [ 6 ]
The improved 747-400, featuring canted winglets, entered service in February 1989 with Northwest Airlines. The 747-400 is an improved model with increased range. It has wingtip extensions of 6 ft (1.8 m) and winglets of 6 ft (1.8 m), which improve the type's fuel efficiency by four percent compared to previous 747 versions. [179]
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 ...
Boeing 747-400: 16 — 65 — 338 403 Launch customer. N661US ship 6301, the first 747-400, which had a rudder hardover and an airworthiness directive as Flight 85, is preserved at the Delta Heritage Museum. All were transferred to Delta Air Lines and later retired in 2018. [7] Boeing 757-200: 45 — — 22 160 182 All were transferred to Delta ...
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.
Boeing 737–300: 23 Boeing 747-300: 3 Branded as "Ansett Spaceship" Boeing 747-400: 2 Leased from Singapore Airlines, branded as "Ansett Spaceship" Boeing 767–200: 9 Only airline to order 767s with a 3-crew cockpit. Boeing 767–300: 4 Bombardier CRJ-200: 12 Operated by Kendell: De Havilland Twin Otter: 4 Operated by Aeropelican: Fairchild ...