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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.
Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways [2] and more commonly known as Pan Am, was an airline that was the principal and largest international air carrier and unofficial overseas flag carrier of the United States for much of the 20th century.
After the aircraft's introduction with Pan Am in 1970, other airlines that had bought the 747 to stay competitive began to put their own 747s into service. [117] Boeing estimated that half of the early 747 sales were to airlines desiring the aircraft's long range rather than its payload capacity.
The latest nation to take ownership of the Queen of the Skies is Egypt, which was the mystery buyer of an old 747 from Boeing in 2021.
Boeing 747-100: 9 1970 1985 McDonnell Douglas DC-10: Boeing 747-200C: 1 1984 1984 None Leased from World Airways. [citation needed] Boeing 747SP: 2 1986 1992 McDonnell Douglas MD-11 [citation needed] Boeing 757-200: 177 1989 2020 Airbus A321-200 Airbus A321neo Airbus A321XLR: Retired early due to the COVID-19 pandemic. One crashed as Flight 965.
In January, United Airlines announced that it will expedite the retirement of its fleet of Boeing 747-400 jumbo jets.
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-400F departing Hong Kong. Boeing 747-8F N863GT, the last 747 ever built, on the taxiway at Schiphol Airport An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8F lines up on Runway 27 at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport as one of the airline's 747-400Fs lands on Runway 18C.
The Boeing 747 has become a rareity in the skies these days. Only four global airlines are expected to operate the iconic double-decker jet in 2025.