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Boeing cited the 747-8F as the main driver behind potential future 747-8 orders. [ 89 ] [ 90 ] [ 91 ] 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. [ 92 ]
The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%.
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.
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.
Global Supply Systems Boeing 747-8F operated for British Airways World Cargo. The company changed its name [a] to Global Supply Systems Limited on 31 January 2001, [3] and started operations on 29 June 2002.
Based at Heydar Aliyev International Airport, the airline operates around 350 monthly flights across the globe via its fleet of 12 dedicated Boeing 747-8F and 747-400F aircraft. The airline's annual cargo turnover exceeds 420,000 tons, while its growing route network covers over 40 destinations across Europe, the CIS, the Middle East, Central ...
Boeing 747-8F Boeing 747-400F. BA World Cargo fleet as at April 2014 consisted of: Boeing 747-8F (total of 3 were wet-leased from Global Supply Systems and phased out gradually) [9] BA World Cargo also used space on dedicated freighters operated by other carriers. Previously operated Boeing 707-320C. Boeing 707-320C [10] Boeing 747-200F [11 ...
UPS Airlines is now the world's largest operator of the Boeing 747-8F (30 aircraft); it is the second-largest operator of the Boeing 757 and 767, McDonnell Douglas MD-11F, and Airbus A300. The airline was also the largest operator of the Douglas DC-8 for a number of years, as it operated nearly half the active examples of the type worldwide at ...