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The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of additional range.
On June 28, 1998, United Airlines Flight 863, a Boeing 747-400 flying United's regularly scheduled transpacific service from San Francisco International Airport to Sydney Airport was forced to shut down one of its right-wing engines and nearly collided with San Bruno Mountain while recovering from the engine failure.
Boeing 747-200B: 10 1987 2000 Boeing 747SP: 11 1985 1995 Boeing 747-400 Boeing 767-300ER Boeing 777-200: Former Pan Am fleet. Boeing 747-400: 44 1989 2017 Boeing 777-300ER Boeing 787 Dreamliner: Largest operator of Boeing 747-400 in United States. Boeing 767-200: 19 1982 2005 Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-300ER: Launch customer. Many were later ...
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%.
Boeing 747-200M: 7 1975 1986 Boeing 747-200B/SUD: 3 1985 2003 Boeing 747-200/SUD/SF: 2 1998 2003 Converted from two Boeing 747-200M/SUD aircraft. Boeing 747-200M/SUD: 7 1985 2003 PH-BUK preserved at Lelystad Aerodrome in 2004. Boeing 747-300M: 3 1983 2003 Largest operator of its type along with Swissair and Singapore Airlines. Boeing 747-400: 5 ...
Boeing 747-400BCF: 2 2012 2015 None Converted from passenger Boeing 747-400 Disposed to Aerotranscargo: Boeing 777-200: 8 1996 2020 Airbus A350-900 Boeing 777-300ER: Early retirement due to COVID-19 pandemic. Boeing 777-200ER: 1 2006 2020 Boeing 777-300: 6 [23] 1998 2020 Boeing 777-300ER: 5 2010 2013 None Leased from Jet Airways. Boeing 777F: 2 ...
The narrower 17-inch-wide seat favoured by Boeing is a legacy from the 1950s when passenger jets were first introduced. [19] In the 1970s and 1980s with the introduction of the Boeing 747 and the first Airbus jets, 18 inches become standard for long-haul flights. [20]