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The Boeing 747-8I was intended to fill a niche between the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 777-300ER. [95] The future for the 747-8 passenger version appears limited. Airlines bought the original 747 primarily for its range, not its capacity. The advent of long-range twin-engine jets, notably Boeing's own 777, took away the 747's range advantage.
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 747X: 1996: 465.53 tons 747-400 stretch, Airbus A3XX competitor Boeing Pelican: 2002: 2657.36 tons Ground effect and medium altitude transport Airbus A380-900: 2006: 580.68 tons Airbus A380-800 stretch, postponed in May 2010 [6] TsAGI HCA-LB: current: 984.21 tons Ground effect aircraft powered by LNG: WindRunner: current
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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 ...
Boeing 747-400BCF: 2 — Cargo: Boeing 747-400F: 28 — Cargo: 5 Operated for Nippon Cargo Airlines [20] Boeing 747-400LCF: 4 — Cargo: Operated for Boeing: Boeing 747-8F: 6 1 Cargo: Additional 747-8F from AirBridge Cargo to be delivered TBD [citation needed] 1 Operated for Kuehne + Nagel [21] 1 Operated for Apex Logistics The final 747 built ...
Boeing 747-400LCF: 4 — Cargo: Aircraft owned by Boeing, operated by Atlas. Boeing 747-8F: 9 3 Cargo: Including the last production Boeing 747-8, under registration N863GT, delivered on Feb. 1, 2023 under flight Atlas Air flight Giant 747 (5Y747/GTI747) [6] [7] 2 — Operating for Qantas Freight. [8] Boeing 767-300ERF: 3 — Cargo: 21 —
In early 2015, Silk Way West Airlines negotiated a contract for another three Boeing 747-8 freighters, the 747-8F. [7] In May 2015, the airline was announced as the launch customer for the Antonov An-178 after placing an order for 10 aircraft. [8] In 2017, the company signed purchase of 10 more Boeing 737 MAX aircraft with a total cost of $1B. [9]