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Boeing cited the 747-8F as the main driver behind potential future 747-8 orders. [ 91 ] [ 92 ] [ 93 ] To help reduce production costs in the meantime and maintain the 747 production line's viability, the company plans to integrate the 747 and 767 production lines more closely with each other. [ 94 ]
Boeing announced a new 747 variant, the 747-8, on November 14, 2005. Referred to as the 747 Advanced prior to its launch, Boeing selected the designation 747-8 to show the connection with the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, as the aircraft would use technology and the General Electric GEnx engines from the 787 to modernize the design and its systems.
As of January 2025, there were 427 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 256 747-400s, and 151 747-8s. These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
Boeing 747-8F: Boeing 747-8F: AirBridgeCargo: Jamie Carr October 1, 2017 AirBrideCargo's 757-8F embarks on a nail-biting flight to deliver gear for Formula E's 10 electric-powered racing teams to cities around the world across more than 50,000 total kilometers. 20 2 Stargazer L-1011: Lockheed L-1011 TriStar: Orbital ATK: Jamie Carr October 8, 2017
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As of 2018, the 747-8F is unmatched in range and payload, [45] making it an option for cargo carriers. After the Airbus A380 ended production, the Boeing 747-8 also stopped production with the last delivery taking place on January 31, 2023, [46] meaning no double-deck passenger jets were any longer in production. Boeing attributed the ...
In aviation circles, a more specific model designation is sometimes used where the last two digits of the series designator are replaced by the two-digit, alpha-numeric Boeing customer code, for example, 747-121, representing a 747-100 originally ordered by Pan American World Airways (Boeing customer code 21) or 737-7H4, representing a 737-700 ...
Watch Boeing's Starliner spacecraft undock from the International Space Station and begin its return to Earth on Friday evening. The spacescraft is returning uncrewed, leaving behind the two NASA ...