United’s last Boeing 747 revenue flight
On November 7, 2017 United Airlines operated its last Boeing 747 revenue flight with flight UA 747 from San Francisco (SFO) to Honolulu (HNL). The last flight was operated with the pictured Boeing...
View ArticleDelta’s customers and employees say farewell to “Queen of the Skies” in Seoul
Delta Air Lines issued this statement and photo: Nearly 400 customers, crew and employees said a formal farewell to Delta’s Boeing 747-400 on Sunday morning to commemorate the Queen of the Skies’...
View ArticleDelta says goodbye to the last Boeing 747
Delta Air Lines on Wednesday, January 3, 2018, ferried its last Boeing 747-451 (N674US) to the Pinal Airpark in Marana, Arizona. Flight DL 9771 departed from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International...
View ArticleBritish Airways’ BOAC-painted Boeing 747-400 lands at London Heathrow, heads...
British Airways made this announcement: The BOAC-liveried Boeing 747, reg: G-BYGC, arrived back at Heathrow from the paint factory on the morning of February 18 in the rain (above) and entered the...
View ArticlePhoto of the Day: British Airways G-CIVB departs Dublin in the Negus livery
Today, the pictured Boeing 747-436 G-CIVB (msn 25811) of British Airways departed the paint shop at Dublin bound for London’s Heathrow Airport and regular service. The Jumbo is painted in the 1973...
View ArticleThe final British Airways heritage livery arrives at London Heathrow
G-CIVB Rolling Out. Iain White – Fennell Photography. British Airways has made this announcement: The fourth and final British Airways aircraft in a heritage livery has touched down at Heathrow this...
View ArticleEl Al schedules its last Boeing 747 revenue flight
El Al Israel Airlines has been gradually replacing its Boeing 747-400 fleet with new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners. According to Airline Route, the carrier is now scheduling its last Boeing 747 revenue...
View ArticleBritish Airways decides to retire its grounded Boeing 747-400 fleet
British Airways has told the BBC it has reached the conclusion that airline traffic will take years to recover and that its grounded Boeing 747-400 fleet will be retired immediately. The 747-400s will...
View ArticleAir India will continue to operate its Boeing 747-400s (for now)
Air India has gone to social media to correct reports it was planning to operate the last Boeing 747 revenue flight today (March 10): The airline has four remaining Boeing 747-400s but most are...
View ArticleAir India bucks the trend, will retain its Boeing 747-400s for now
Air India is not following the lead of other airlines regarding the future of the Boeing 747-400. Although parked for the most of the time, Air India has four Boeing 747-400s (VT-ESO, VT-ESP, VT-EVA...
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