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25.01.2022 Boeing 747's production run could outlast A380's Airbus’s probable backlog for the A380 is less than that for the Boeing 747-8, leaving open the possibility that production of the iconic US aircraft could yet outlast its European rival. Middle Eastern carrier Emirates’ decision to cut its A380 order to 123 aircraft leaves just 14 outstanding A380 deliveries for the carrier, while Japan’s All Nippon Airways is set to take three.... This realistic backlog of 17 A380s which discounts 23 other aircraft ordered but unlikely to be built is lower than the backlog of 24 747-8s cited by Boeing at the end of 2018. Boeing lists orders for 154 747-8s and -8Fs of which it has delivered 130. The manufacturer is producing 747s at six per year, suggesting that it has four years’ production in reserve while the A380 has just three. Deliveries of the A380, which first flew in 2005, are set to cease in 2021. The 747, whose production could continue to 2022, has just marked 50 years since its maiden flight in 1969.

25.01.2022 747 History on Display. The Boeing 747-100 was the first production version of the epochal large-body aircraft, entering into airline service in 1970. It’s iconic bulging forward fuselage contained a unique innovation in modern jet travel, a two level first-class cabin and flight deck. The Hiller Aviation museum’s Boeing 747-136, serial #20269 with the registration number of G-AWNG, first flew in March 1971. She flew her distinguished life in British Airways colors and was ...Continue reading

22.01.2022 Boeing 747 history. Did you know that when the prototype Boeing 747 was being designed back in the 60's the A380 double-decker style design was already one of the proposals being considered. Looking at some of the models Boeing was already well ahead of it time in the 1960's with some of the prototypes being considered. Boeing ended up opting for the shorter upper deck, but it's worth noting that some of the design would have been pretty cool if they had gone ahead.

22.01.2022 747 Cockpit View - Take Off from Miami International (MIA)

22.01.2022 KLM Prepares Another Boeing 747 For Retirement KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is getting ready to retire another Boeing 747. PH-BFU, also known as the City of Beijing, will perform its final flight for the airline on April 16th. KLM took delivery of the aircraft, Serial Number 28196, in September of 1997. PH-BFU was originally scheduled for retirement late last year. Nonetheless, it remained in service after receiving a heavy maintenance check in Jakarta last fall. Soon it will be... time for its retirement though. At this point, the aircraft is still busy transporting passengers around the world. Within the last seven days it has visited Seoul, Mexico City, Hong Kong, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Nairobi. KLM’s Boeing 747 Fleet After the retirement of PH-BFU, KLM’s Boeing 747 fleet will shrink to 13 aircraft. The airline has announced plans to retire all of its Boeing 747s by 2021. Originally, the airline had planned to replace the Boeing 747s with Airbus A350-900s. However, the airline delayed the delivery of the A350-900s from 2020 to 2021. According to Airlinerwatch, KLM may exclude the Airbus A350 from its fleet plan altogether. There is a chance that the Dutch flag carrier will use Boeing 787s to replace the Boeing 747s instead. Last year, KLM retired the oldest operating 747. The City of Bangkok, PH-BFB, flew over 134,000 flight hours for KLM. Furthermore, it carried close to six million passengers during its almost 30-year service period. A remote-controlled trailer transported PH-BFB to the Corendon Village Hotel outside Amsterdam Schiphol in February. It will be converted into an exhibit educating visitors about the history of the Boeing 747. The former KLM aircraft is hard to recognize nowadays as its colors have been changed to a Corendon livery. The exhibit is scheduled to open to the public in the third quarter of this year. How do you feel about airlines retiring their Boeing 747 aircraft? See more

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19.01.2022 AS IT HEADS INTO RETIREMENT, IS THE BOEING 747 THE GREATEST MACHINE EVER BUILT? Imagine turning up at an airport car rental desk, and the clerk offered you a vehicle that was designed in the 1960s and assembled in the 1990s. Unless you are a glutton for retro punishment, you would scoff and walk away. Yet many of the people in the queue for Avis or Hertz may well have touched down in a machine conceived and constructed in just those decades. Fifty years ago, the Boeing 747 to...Continue reading

19.01.2022 Boeing 747-8 still boss when it comes to cargo UPS Orders 14 Additional 747-8 Freighters, Plus Four 767 Freighters UPS has exercised options to order 14 additional Boeing 747-8 Freighters, providing additional capacity in support of accelerating demand for U.S. and international air services.... The aircraft build on the company’s 2016 order of 14 Boeing 747-8Fs. UPS will also purchase 4 new Boeing 767 Freighters, adding capacity for customers on both U.S. and international routes. As we celebrate the 30th anniversary of UPS Airlines today, we are seeing unprecedented demand for our air products, said UPS Airlines President Brendan Canavan. The new freighters will allow us to continue upsizing aircraft on routes and will create a cascading effect that will boost capacity on regional routes around the world. UPS has clearly tapped into the power and efficiency the 747-8 Freighter brings to the market, said Boeing Commercial Airplanes president and CEO Kevin McAllister. We’re impressed with how UPS is leveraging the airplane in its operations, and also excited to see them bring additional 767s into their fleet.

14.01.2022 A Boeing exec reveals what's in store for the 747 jumbo jet and predicts that Airbus won't be able to deliver the rest of its A380s Boeing‘s latest market forecasts show global demand for passenger and cargo jets to reach 42,730 over the next 20 years. The total value of this potential business is an astounding $US6.3 trillion. Boeing only expects 60 of those planes to be passenger jets in the same category as the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380. Boeing vice president of...Continue reading

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08.01.2022 Trump reportedly wants to repaint the 747 Air Force One to look 'more American' Donald Trump reportedly wants to redesign his official presidential planes, because the current ones don’t look American enough. The president thinks the current light-blue-and-white colour scheme on the jets do not sufficiently represent the US.... The US Air Force maintains two identical Boeing 747 planes, which take on the Air Force One call sign when the president is onboard. One of them is always ready to go at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The White House and Boeing struck a $US3.9 billion deal in February for two new Air Force One planes, and Trump has requested that they be ready by 2021. Trump now wants a redesign that looks more American, adding that he wants to make it red, white, and blue. The president’s two Air Force One jets are currently light blue luminous ultramarine blue, technically and white, with a light brown and white lining, with the words UNITED STATES OF AMERICA emblazoned on it. It also has the official presidential seal near the stairs the president typically uses to disembark the plane. Trump also wants to make his bed aboard the planes bigger and more comfortable, like the one on his personal plane. During the presidential campaign, Trump used his personal plane a Boeing 757 airliner-turned-private-jet to travel around the country. It reportedly cost $US100 million. While Trump has the power to redesign the jet, the US Air Force might take issue with it. Some senior officers like the current look as it is known around the world. Former President John F. Kennedy and first lady Jacqueline Kennedy designed Air Force One’s current colour scheme. Before that, presidents travelled on a rather plain Boeing C-137 Stratoliner. It is reported that Trump had wanted the new planes to move away from the Jackie Kennedy colour. President Kennedy and renowned French industrial designer Raymond Loewy sat on the floor of the Oval Office in 1962 with coloured paper and crayons to sketch out that paint scheme, according to a book about the history of the jet, titled Air Force One: The Aircraft that Shaped the Modern Presidency.

01.01.2022 BRITISH AIRWAYS ANGERS ENVIRONMENTALISTS BY USING JUMBO JETS FOR HALF-HOUR FLIGHTS British Airways is angering environmentalists with a plan to deploy Jumbo jets on six domestic flights in August, with fares costing more than 400 for a 30-minute flight. The airline is selling tickets for the Boeing 747 flights at fares above 3 per mile. On Sunday 25 August, BA is marking its 100th anniversary by allocating Boeing 747s, otherwise known as Jumbo jets, to one rotation a retu...rn trip from Heathrow to each of Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow. Even though there are around twice as many seats available as on the usual Airbus A320, BA’s website is currently selling seats at its maximum fares, normally charged for very late-notice purchases. For the 151-mile flight from Heathrow to Manchester, the lowest price is 466 which works out at 3.09 per mile. The only seat showing is in business class, which will include a lie-flat bed for the flight. While it is scheduled to take 70 minutes, the direct flying time is usually barely half an hour. The use of the lie-flat option would only be available for 10 minutes or so. On the return leg from Manchester to Heathrow, economy-class seats are available at 376 (2.50 per mile) but this fare does not include catering; British Airways says: Drinks and M&S food available to buy. From BA’s home base to Glasgow, The Independent has identified one economy class seat, priced at 393. From Newcastle to Heathrow, the one-way economy fare is 389, and in business a ticket costs 474. Newcastle airport does not normally handle Boeing 747s and special arrangements will need to be made for the event. To mark the centenary, the airline has painted three Boeing 747 aircraft in retro liveries: one in the colours of BOAC, the long-haul component of BA, and two in previous British Airways liveries. It is thought that the airline may deploy them on the domestic flights. The schedule means that a different aircraft must be used for each service. British Airways is the biggest operator of 747s in the world. All of them were built in the 1990s, and they are far noisier and less efficient than modern aircraft. John Stewart, the chair of the Heathrow area pressure group Hacan ClearSkies, said: I can see this stunt backfiring. Not a good idea to mark your anniversary by flying what was a famously noisy, dirty plane on a short-haul flight at more than premium prices. A BA spokesperson said: We will be marking our birthday weekend and we will release our plans nearer the time. In the late 1980s, British Airways operated a daily Boeing 747 flight from Gatwick to Manchester and onwards to New York JFK.