As we reach the midway-point of 2017, the Boeing 747-400 continues to gradually disappear from passenger fleets. The idea of this thread is to keep track of the active 747-400 passenger fleet. There are a number of operator-specific threads to discuss those airline's plans in more detail, so this thread isn't intended to take the place of the in depth discussions in those so much as provide a general overview of the the passenger 747-400 fleet.

I've listed below the currently active 747-400 passenger fleet, which numbers 177 aircraft across 27 airlines. I've sourced the fleet data from planespotters.net. For the purposes of this thread, I haven't included cargo aircraft, VIP/government aircraft, or aircraft that are listed as stored.

Air China
2 aircraft

B-2445 25882/1021 Boeing 747-4J6
B-2447 25883/1054 Boeing 747-4J6


Air India
3 aircraft

VT-ESO 27165/1009 Boeing 747-437
VT-EVA 28094/1089 Boeing 747-437
VT-EVB 28095/1093 Boeing 747-437


Asiana Airlines
2 aircraft

HL7418 25780/1035 Boeing 747-48E
HL7428 28552/1160 Boeing 747-48E


Atlas Air
4 aircraft

N263SG 29263/1204 Boeing 747-481
N322SG 30322/1250 Boeing 747-481

N464MC 26341/902 Boeing 747-446
N465MC 24784/798 Boeing 747-446


British Airways
36 aircraft

According to the thread British Airways 747 & 777 fleet questions, 23 are expected to still be in service at the end of 2020.

G-BNLK 24053/790 Boeing 747-436
G-BNLN 24056/802 Boeing 747-436
G-BNLP 24058/828 Boeing 747-436

G-BNLY 27090/959 Boeing 747-436
G-BYGA 28855/1190 Boeing 747-436
G-BYGB 28856/1194 Boeing 747-436

G-BYGC 25823/1195 Boeing 747-436
G-BYGD 28857/1196 Boeing 747-436
G-BYGE 28858/1198 Boeing 747-436

G-BYGF 25824/1200 Boeing 747-436
G-BYGG 28859/1212 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVA 27092/967 Boeing 747-436

G-CIVB 25811/1018 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVC 25812/1022 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVD 27349/1048 Boeing 747-436

G-CIVE 27350/1050 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVF 25434/1058 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVG 25813/1059 Boeing 747-436

G-CIVH 25809/1078 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVI 25814/1079 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVJ 25817/1102 Boeing 747-436

G-CIVK 25818/1104 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVL 27478/1108 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVM 28700/1116 Boeing 747-436

G-CIVN 28848/1129 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVO 28849/1135 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVP 28850/1144 Boeing 747-436

G-CIVR 25820/1146 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVS 28851/1148 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVT 25821/1149 Boeing 747-436

G-CIVU 25810/1154 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVV 25819/1156 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVW 25822/1157 Boeing 747-436

G-CIVX 28852/1172 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVY 28853/1178 Boeing 747-436
G-CIVZ 28854/1183 Boeing 747-436


China Airlines
6 aircraft

According to the thread China Airlines To Retire Last A340-300 in 2 Days, there is a rumour that China Airlines is accelerating its plans to retire the passenger 747-400, so they may be gone in the next year or two.

B-18207 29219/1176 Boeing 747-409
B-18208 29031/1186 Boeing 747-409
B-18210 33734/1353 Boeing 747-409

B-18211 33735/1354 Boeing 747-409
B-18212 33736/1357 Boeing 747-409
B-18215 33737/1358 Boeing 747-409


Corsair
3 aircraft

F-GTUI 26875/931 Boeing 747-422
F-HSEA 26877/944 Boeing 747-422
F-HSUN 26880/984 Boeing 747-422


Delta Air Lines
7 aircraft

To be retired in December 2017. Thread about the retirement: Delta 747 retirement. Also see Delta Pan Am 747 Retrojet & Farewell Tour?

N662US 23720/708 Boeing 747-451
N666US 2382/742 Boeing 747-451

N667US 24222/799 Boeing 747-451
N668US 24223/800 Boeing 747-451

N669US 24224/803 Boeing 747-451
N670US 24225/804 Boeing 747-451
N674US 30269/1232 Boeing 747-451


El Al Israel Airlines
6 aircraft

To be replaced by 787-9s by 2020 according to this article: https://centreforaviation.com/insights/ ... viv-238997

4X-ELA 26055/1027 Boeing 747-458
4X-ELB 26056/1032 Boeing 747-458
4X-ELC 27915/1062 Boeing 747-458

4X-ELD 29328/1215 Boeing 747-458
4X-ELE 26551/1045 Boeing 747-412
4X-ELH 26555/1075 Boeing 747-412


EVA Air
2 aircraft

To be retired in August 2017 according to this article: http://www.routesonline.com/news/38/air ... -aug-2017/

B-16411 29111/1151 Boeing 747-45E
B-16412 29112/1159 Boeing 747-45E


Iraqi Airways
1 aircraft

YI-ASA 28433/1290 Boeing 747-4H6


Kabo Air
1 aircraft

5N-MDK 26878/966 Boeing 747-422


KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
15 aircraft

To be phased out by 2020. Thread about the phase out: KLM Started Phase Out Of The 747-400

PH-BFB 24000/732 Boeing 747-406
PH-BFC 23982/735 Boeing 747-406(M)
PH-BFF 24202/770 Boeing 747-406(M)

PH-BFG 24517/782 Boeing 747-406
PH-BFH 24518/783 Boeing 747-406(M)
PH-BFI 25086/850 Boeing 747-406(M)

PH-BFL 25356/888 Boeing 747-406
PH-BFN 26372/969 Boeing 747-406
PH-BFR 27202/1014 Boeing 747-406(M)

PH-BFS 28195/1090 Boeing 747-406(M)
PH-BFT 28459/1112 Boeing 747-406(M)
PH-BFU 28196/1127 Boeing 747-406(M)

PH-BFV 28460/1225 Boeing 747-406(M)
PH-BFW 30454/1258 Boeing 747-406(M)
PH-BFY 30455/1302 Boeing 747-406(M)


Korean Air
4 aircraft

To be retired by the end of 2017 according to this article: http://aviationweek.com/awincommercial/ ... exit-nears

HL7402 26407/1155 Boeing 747-4B5
HL7460 26404/1107 Boeing 747-4B5

HL7461 26405/1118 Boeing 747-4B5
HL7495 28096/1073 Boeing 747-4B5


Kuwait Airways
1 aircraft

9K-ADE 27338/1046 Boeing 747-469(M)


Lion Air
2 aircraft

PK-LHF 24063/736 Boeing 747-412
PK-LHG 24065/761 Boeing 747-412


Lufthansa
13 aircraft

Likely to be retired from 2021.

D-ABTK 29871/1293 Boeing 747-430
D-ABTL 29872/1299 Boeing 747-430
D-ABVM 29101/1143 Boeing 747-430

D-ABVO 28086/1080 Boeing 747-430
D-ABVP 28284/1103 Boeing 747-430
D-ABVR 28285/1106 Boeing 747-430

D-ABVS 28286/1109 Boeing 747-430
D-ABVT 28287/1110 Boeing 747-430
D-ABVU 29492/1191 Boeing 747-430

D-ABVW 29493/1205 Boeing 747-430
D-ABVX 29868/1237 Boeing 747-430

D-ABVY 29869/1261 Boeing 747-430
D-ABVZ 29870/1264 Boeing 747-430


Max Air
2 aircraft

5N-HMB 25067/857 Boeing 747-438
5N-HMM 26409/1170 Boeing 747-4B5

Med View Airlines
1 aircraft, leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic

TF-AMV 28022/1082 Boeing 747-412


Qantas
11 aircraft

VH-OEB 25778/983 Boeing 747-48E
VH-OEE 32909/1308 Boeing 747-438(ER)
VH-OEF 32910/1313 Boeing 747-438(ER)

VH-OEG 32911/1320 Boeing 747-438(ER)
VH-OEH 32912/1321 Boeing 747-438(ER)
VH-OEI 32913/1330 Boeing 747-438(ER)

VH-OEJ 32914/1331 Boeing 747-438(ER)
VH-OJM 25245/875 Boeing 747-438
VH-OJS 25564/1230 Boeing 747-438

VH-OJT 25565/1233 Boeing 747-438
VH-OJU 25566/1239 Boeing 747-438


Rossiya Russian Airlines
9 aircraft

EI-XLC 27100/1236 Boeing 747-446
EI-XLD 26360/1166 Boeing 747-446
EI-XLE 26362/1202 Boeing 747-446

EI-XLF 27645/1262 Boeing 747-446
EI-XLG 29899/1208 Boeing 747-446
EI-XLH 27650/1234 Boeing 747-446

EI-XLI 27648/1253 Boeing 747-446
EI-XLJ 27646/1280 Boeing 747-446
EI-XLM 28028/1270 Boeing 747-412


Royal Air Maroc
1 aircraft

CN-RGA 25629/956 Boeing 747-428


Saudi Arabian Airlines
7 aircraft, leased from Air Atlanta Icelandic

TF-AAC 29262/1199 Boeing 747-481
TF-AAD 28426/1130 Boeing 747-4H6
TF-AAH 29901/1301 Boeing 747-4H6

TF-AAJ 32869/1327 Boeing 747-428
TF-AAK 32868/1325 Boeing 747-428
TF-AAL 32871/1343 Boeing 747-428

TF-AAM 29900/1296 Boeing 747-4H6

Thai Airways International
10 aircraft

HS-TGA 32369 1273 Boeing 747-4D7
HS-TGB 32370 1278 Boeing 747-4D7
HS-TGF 33770 1335 Boeing 747-4D7

HS-TGG 33771 1337 Boeing 747-4D7
HS-TGO 26609 1001 Boeing 747-4D7
HS-TGP 26610 1047 Boeing 747-4D7

HS-TGW 27724 1111 Boeing 747-4D7
HS-TGX 27725/1134 Boeing 747-4D7

HS-TGY 28705/1164 Boeing 747-4D7
HS-TGZ 28706/1214 Boeing 747-4D7


United Airlines
16 aircraft

To be retired in September 2017. Thread about the retirement: UA accelerates 747-400 retirement.

N104UA 26902/1141 Boeing 747-422
N105UA 26473/985 Boeing 747-451
N107UA 26900/1168 Boeing 747-422

N116UA 26908/1193 Boeing 747-422
N117UA 28810/1197 Boeing 747-422
N118UA 28811/1201 Boeing 747-422

N119UA 28812/1207 Boeing 747-422
N121UA 29167/1211 Boeing 747-422
N122UA 29168/1218 Boeing 747-422

N127UA 28813/1221 Boeing 747-422
N128UA 30023/1245 Boeing 747-422
N174UA 24381/762 Boeing 747-422

N175UA 24382/806 Boeing 747-422
N178UA 24385/820 Boeing 747-422

N180UA 25224/867 Boeing 747-422
N181UA 25278/881 Boeing 747-422


Virgin Atlantic Airways
8 aircraft

To be replaced by A350-1000s between 2019 and 2021 according to this article: https://www.flightglobal.com/news/artic ... 0s-427197/

G-VAST 28757/1117 Boeing 747-41R
G-VBIG 26255/1081 Boeing 747-4Q8
G-VGAL 32337/1272 Boeing 747-443

G-VLIP 32338/1274 Boeing 747-443
G-VROM 32339/1275 Boeing 747-443
G-VROS 30885/1268 Boeing 747-443

G-VROY 32340/1277 Boeing 747-443
G-VXLG 29406/1177 Boeing 747-41R


Wamos Air
4 aircraft

EC-KQC 26549/1030 Boeing 747-412
EC-KSM 27178/1015 Boeing 747-412

EC-KXN 25703/1025 Boeing 747-4H6
EC-MDS 26910/1180 Boeing 747-419


V/F

Thank you for this excellent compilation!

DABYT wrote:

Thank you for this excellent compilation!

Overwhelmingly agree! A lot of research and thought went into this thread. Nicely done and keep up the fantastic work! I'll be watching this one. Even though the it will bum me out at the same time.

Didnt know Lion still fly it.

Kuwait Airways 747 due to retire in late July.

I'm glad I had the opportunity to fly six of these 747s in just the last two years (two each on Delta, Lufthansa, and El Al). I've never flown in the upper deck, though. My loss.

VH-OJM and VH-OEB will be retired within 12 months leaving QF with 9, but no plans to retire those frames anytime soon.

Qantas OJM is apparently exiting the fleet as early as August this year.

Wow!! Great list, thank you very much for the time and effort you had to put into this.

1 critique I saw however is you said United's 747's will be gone in September, actual last flight is Oct. 29th ICN-SFO.

Still Kudo's for such a great post

Interesting and very impressive post VF

MaxAir MM is in database

Wish there were more reports of this quality on this site, thank you.

Great work V/F!

RyanairGuru wrote:

VH-OJM and VH-OEB will be retired within 12 months leaving QF with 9, but no plans to retire those frames anytime soon.

I thought OJS,OJT and OJU were leaving late 2018 or was it 2019? Surprising tbh with QF growing again now. These are 1999/2000 builds.

Wow! impressive research.

There are actually more pax 744's in service than I realized.
Love the fact that BA still flies a 744 into my home airport DFW on a regular basis

Thanks for the comments everyone, I'm glad you are enjoying the thread!

xjetflyer2001 wrote:

1 critique I saw however is you said United's 747's will be gone in September, actual last flight is Oct. 29th ICN-SFO.

Oops, I knew that too - truth be told I was starting to rush by the time I got to U!

CanadaFair wrote:

MaxAir MM is in database

Planespotters.net has this frame (26403/1095 ex-HL7472) as 5N-DBK, stored since 18/04/17. According to the same source, 5N-HMM is 26409/1170 ex-HL7404.

Sooner787 wrote:

There are actually more pax 744's in service than I realized.

Yes, I hadn't expected it to be quite as high as this. That said, we are losing this year:

• Delta x7
• EVA x2
• Korean x4
• Kuwait x1
• Qantas x2
• United x16

So assuming these don't find homes elsewhere flying passengers, that's a reduction of 32 aircraft, taking the worldwide fleet down to 145, or even lower if there is a trickle of retirements elsewhere.

An interesting piece of trivia is that FlightGlobal had recorded 197 747-400s in passenger service as of 31 July 2016, while at the same time 193 A380s had been delivered, with the 197th delivered on 25 October 2017 and deliveries now standing at 213, meaning after just under a decade in service, the size of the A380 fleet has surpassed that of the passenger 747-400 fleet.

V/F

Awesome, awesome thread OP.

Excellent thread, yes.

Strange to think that in 5 years all but maybe two or three dozen 744s will be gone, a plane that ruled longhaul travel around the year 2000, and was still the most important longhaul plane worldwide until around 2010. At least 744Fs will keep on flying for at least another 15 years or so.

For me the 744 is the greatest passenger plane ever. I had quite a number of flights with them, on LH, Thai, CX and SAA. Mostly Businessclass flights with LH, but also 1st Class three times, on Thai and SAA. I will miss them like no other plane. I have another 5 or 6 years until LH will remove them so its still time though I am doing much less longhaul travel than in the past.

Few 744s which are being phased out by their original operators these days will find a new home now, and I guess all built before the year 2000 are now in danger to be dismantled once retired.

The Corsair retirement schedule is as follows:
1 - September 2020
1 - April 2021
1 - September 2021

very useful, great job !

Thanks for putting this together

Why is there an oddball serial number in the UA fleet: N105UA 26473/985 Boeing 747-451? All the others are 747-422. Airfleets said that UA have operated the plane from new - was initially intended for someone else?

metalinyoni wrote:

Why is there an oddball serial number in the UA fleet: N105UA 26473/985 Boeing 747-451? All the others are 747-422. Airfleets said that UA have operated the plane from new - was initially intended for someone else?

Originally destined for NW but not taken up, hence the -451 code.


-Rowen

metalinyoni wrote:

Why is there an oddball serial number in the UA fleet: N105UA 26473/985 Boeing 747-451? All the others are 747-422. Airfleets said that UA have operated the plane from new - was initially intended for someone else?

-_51 was the NW customer code, this frame was built for NW, but NTU, and subsequently taken by UA.

N174UA was just retired today, it just flew SFO-VCV as UA2582. UA's fleet is now down to 15 744s.

LY has retired 4X-ELH on 13/6,4X-ELE will be retired by the end of 2017

VirginFlyer wrote:

Thanks for the comments everyone, I'm glad you are enjoying the thread!

Extremely well researched and well done, as are most of your posts, V/F!

[quote="VirginFlyer"So assuming these don't find homes elsewhere flying passengers, that's a reduction of 32 aircraft, taking the worldwide fleet down to 145, or even lower if there is a trickle of retirements elsewhere.[/quote]
I thought the "death knell" of the fleet was to be the fuel tank inerting mods needed after Lockerbie. Is this saying then that these remaining 145 has had the mod work done? Apparently they aren't as fiscally onerous as some suggested?

Sorry to jump on the bandwagon, but a big THANK YOU for putting this together.
I haven't flown on nearly enough of these birds!

I was in SIN two days ago. 15-20 years ago the place would be full of 747s. Now the only ones I saw were 3 parked at the cargo terminal. None at the passenger terminal. Sad.

Bug

Fantastic thread and going to be an extremely useful reference source in the coming years.

Revelation wrote:

I thought the "death knell" of the fleet was to be the fuel tank inerting mods needed after Lockerbie. Is this saying then that these remaining 145 has had the mod work done? Apparently they aren't as fiscally onerous as some suggested?

That would be for the US registered planes for certain. The foreign registered birds may not be under the same requirements. Perhaps somebody here with more regulatory knowledge can chime in, but I'm willing to bet most of the non-US registered frames will never have the fuel inerting work done on them.

ZK-NBT wrote:

Great work V/F!

RyanairGuru wrote:

VH-OJM and VH-OEB will be retired within 12 months leaving QF with 9, but no plans to retire those frames anytime soon.

I thought OJS,OJT and OJU were leaving late 2018 or was it 2019? Surprising tbh with QF growing again now. These are 1999/2000 builds.

I haven't heard OJS/T/U leaving anytime soon but things may change, especially if the 787-9 takes up the BNE-LAX-JFK route as rumoured.

Wow, what a wonderful thread by OP! Keep up the good work!

I only been on board 744 twice: SQ 9V-SMU (1000th 747 produced) and 9V-SPN, swapped in when some of SQ's A380 were grounded due to QF38 incident.

Ironically, Saudia retired all their owned B747-468 and leased in more B747-400 from various lessors. The Queen is a dying breed here in Asia Pacific. Air China remaining two are constraint to spotty domestic run sometimes President use. Thai, Korean Air and Asiana mostly on domestic run occasionally international run.

eamondzhang wrote:

ZK-NBT wrote:

Great work V/F!

RyanairGuru wrote:

VH-OJM and VH-OEB will be retired within 12 months leaving QF with 9, but no plans to retire those frames anytime soon.

I thought OJS,OJT and OJU were leaving late 2018 or was it 2019? Surprising tbh with QF growing again now. These are 1999/2000 builds.

I haven't heard OJS/T/U leaving anytime soon but things may change, especially if the 787-9 takes up the BNE-LAX-JFK route as rumoured.

It's 8 789's replacing 5 744's OJS/T/U should be gone by 2019 according to that, the second 4 789's were brought foward to be delivered by end 2018. However I am a little surprised as QF are growing again and these aircraft will be due D checks this year unless they have enough hours remaining to stretch out a few more months, im guessing these have had the fuel tank upgrades.

Wonderful thread, thanks for all the comprehensive work from everyone involved.

--It was startling to see a Lion Air 747 while in Indonesia in the spring (Jakarta I believe). I had no idea they operated the type.
--I will miss seeing 4 United and 4 Delta 747's waddling around NRT during the afternoon departure rush from the United club as recently as 2 or 3 years ago.
--It is odd seeing an Atlas Air passenger 747.
--Is Corsair still flying the 747 into SXM? They must be the last operator of that type there?
--I'm still not used to the absence of so many Air France and JAL 747s from hubs around the world. Singapore as well.
--I have 32 segments on 744 aircraft and I'm as sad as everyone else to see them go. I call them a big teddybear of a plane.

VirginFlyer, when the Gatwick 747's are replaced with A350,will they increase the UC cabin do you know?

KLM plans to retire 3 more 747s this year en 2 in 2018, to be replaced with 1x 77W and 4x 787-9. This will leave the number of pax 744 at KL down to just 10 by the end of 2018

na wrote:

Excellent thread, yes.

Strange to think that in 5 years all but maybe two or three dozen 744s will be gone, a plane that ruled longhaul travel around the year 2000, and was still the most important longhaul plane worldwide until around 2010. At least 744Fs will keep on flying for at least another 15 years or so.

For me the 744 is the greatest passenger plane ever. I had quite a number of flights with them, on LH, Thai, CX and SAA. Mostly Businessclass flights with LH, but also 1st Class three times, on Thai and SAA. I will miss them like no other plane. I have another 5 or 6 years until LH will remove them so its still time though I am doing much less longhaul travel than in the past.

Few 744s which are being phased out by their original operators these days will find a new home now, and I guess all built before the year 2000 are now in danger to be dismantled once retired.

Well there is still the 747-8i of course, I hope to board a flight with this bird one day, it's my #1 aircraft I still want to be on. The A346 a close second. Fortunately I did manage to be on an A345 flight a couple of years ago (EK to SEZ). Sorry for drifting OT a bit.

Sorry I'm not adding any value myself but thanks so much for the research it's a truly informative thread.

It will be weird in the inevitable future when there are no QF 747s left, come of my earliest memories are on QF 747-200s

Love the thread, I will be back here several times as retirements go by

I rode a LH 747-400 in 2004 but they eluded me till 2016/2017 I have been very lucky 4 rides on DL 747 including Upper Deck , 2 on BA 747, and in a couple weeks I get to try 747-8 with Lufthansa

On the US East Coast BA makes it easy to get on a 747-400
LH, Korean and Air China will provide opportunities for 747 for at least another 20 years

Maybe Delta will aquire some second hand 747-8s in another 10-15 years

You forgot Garuda Indonesia, they still have 2 B747

What an amazing thread! Congratulations to the OP for doing this great research!

Unfortunately i've never flown on a 747... hope to do it someday, and hope to do it on a 400!
It breaks my heart to see how fast the 747-400 is being retired. Some of these are still young frames but will go to death in the deserts.
China Airlines still have the last 744s built (around 2005) and I really hope they can find a new operator. I don't think Jumbos are being converted to freighter anymore, so this operator will have to be a pax operator. Quite difficult...

Adipasquale wrote:

metalinyoni wrote:

Why is there an oddball serial number in the UA fleet: N105UA 26473/985 Boeing 747-451? All the others are 747-422. Airfleets said that UA have operated the plane from new - was initially intended for someone else?

-_51 was the NW customer code, this frame was built for NW, but NTU, and subsequently taken by UA.

To be more precise, two B747-451 were built for NW but they did not take delivery. UA took them registered them as N105UA and N106UA. They can easily differentiate from standard B747-422 due to its wings being painted in silver/grey paint. N105UA remains in UA fleet till today, even during its post 9/11 Chapter 11. N106UA fate was opposite. Grounded after UA rejected her lease during Chapter 11, she spent few years being scorched in desert before Blue Skies took her. Blue Skies was a shield company set up for ultimate export to Iran Mahan Air. US government managed to block the deal, she sat few more months grounded in South Korea (was undergoing heavy check then), went to Phuket Air in Thailand for a year. She was flown back to desert, only to be scrapped on the end. She died pretty young compared to other B744s.

Adipasquale wrote:

N174UA was just retired today, it just flew SFO-VCV as UA2582. UA's fleet is now down to 15 744s.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N174UA

N174UA is expected to depart to PVG from SFO today.

Weird it flew to VCV, then Missouri, then SFO. Perhaps it narrowly escaped retirement ha.

Great thread. Over the years have enjoyed 40 rides in the 747-400's of BA, CX, LH, SIA, SAA and MAS

Shortest ride was on 9M-MPB with MAS on the KL-Penang "hop", longest was 9M-MPA KUL-LHR thanks to airspace closures in the middle east and poor weather at LHR, with an airborne time of 15hrs

My favorite 747-400 ride was ZS-SBK "The Great North" of SAA

Added CIVJ to my BA list on the way down to CPT a week ago. Now comprises BNLG, LL, LN, LW, LZ, CIVA, VB, VD, VE, VG, VJ, VK, VN, VO, VP, VY & VW, so about 30% of the original fleet. LG, VA and VN have carried me 3 times each

I would put my money on CPT being the last BA 744 route.

shankly wrote:

I would put my money on CPT being the last BA 744 route.

With the Super Hi-J refurbishments, I think JFK is likely to be their final 744 route. Factor in, also, that longer 744 routes will yield greater fuel savings when replaced with A35K's, for example.

My experiences have primarily been heading east on JL, CX, NH, SQ and BA; and a great many of those in the upper deck. Back in the days of LHR-KIX, once I was upgraded to F and experienced a crosswind landing. I was sitting in something like seat 2A and remember looking out of the window on finals pretty much straight down the runway!

Anyway, thanks V/F, great thread.

Thanks for the great post....even if it makes me sad to see the days of the 747 coming to an end!

gia777, garuda and lion 747s are inactive.

vorellanaj wrote:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/N174UA

N174UA is expected to depart to PVG from SFO today.

Could it have been slated to retire, but was put back into service because another 744 went mech? I can't think of any other reason it would have flown to VCV.

UAL SFO-NRT is no longer operated by a 744 as of 2 days ago. Its now on a 77W.

The last routes as of June on the 744 are ICN, PEK, PVG, TPE, FRA and LHR. All out of SFO. From what I hear, TPE is expected to to go 77W in July.

Rumor has it, ICN will be the last B744 flight for UA