Revealed: The Top Boeing 747 Airlines Of The 2010s

The Boeing 747, or the Queen of the Skies as the type is affectionately known, has become an icon of the aviation industry over the last half a century. Despite being much loved by passengers, the inferior economics of four engines has meant that most remaining passenger operators have said goodbye to the type…
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[@Chromegrillz]

I flew on 747 countless times. It was the best experience traveling overseas and I miss the 747's now.

[@dodgers4121]

Just booked Houston - Frankfurth with Lufthansa 747-8.

[@conorcorrigan765]

My first ever long-haul flight was in 2008 on a United battleship-grey 747-400 from SFO to SYD. I was 16 and still remember the first time I saw it sitting at the gate all lit-up by the apron lights- I remember thinking it looked like Star Destroyer lol.

[@driver288]

The reason for the 1 hour Thai flights between Phuket and Bangkok is that during the busiest tourist period there were direct flights from many European cities to Phuket. Then they went to Bangkok on their second leg. Normally only Bangkok is served with direct flights from far away cities. I saw 2 Thai B747-400s in Phuket in 2019.

[@Theflyinghopper]

Truely said

[@revanthpuranam8403]

Legendary plane . It was,is,will be my favorite plane

[@carlvincent12]

My favorite 747 was the United rainbow scheme. My first ever memory was flying one from SEL to SFO as a child

[@InTeCredo]

My first ever flight was with Lufthansa 747-200B in November 1973 from Frankfurt to Chicago. Ever since, I have ridden all passenger variations except 747SP (-100, -200B, -300, -400, and -8i). My mum is only one in our family to have flown with 747SP. She was so accustomed to the full length of 747 and found 747SP so bizarre.

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

How was the -8? It looks so good.

[@InTeCredo]

@@JAMESWUERTELE Amazingly quiet and less bouncy as compared to -400 and older variations. The new wing design similar to 787 made the huge difference. The bouncy rides-characteristics of the "flappy wings" on -100 through -400-during the turbulences were more or less eliminated from -8i. In the past, I could hardly sleep on the eastbound flights from the US to Europe due to the turbulences, but on -8i, I felt nothing and slept soundly until it was time to wake up for the breakfast and arrival.

[@aggamingaung2632]

@@InTeCredo what did you prefer? the 747-200 or 747-100?

[@droneshotsantoine1805]

Have you flown the 747-400M combi also?

[@dodgers4121]

My first intercontinental flight was Paris - Denpasar with Air France 747-400 in 1994.

[@alwaleedalthani9624]

I loved the KLM 747-400 I flew them on the Amsterdam Los Angeles route three times and loved their service

[@alwaleedalthani9624]

In 2019 I flew on a British Airways 747-400 in retro BOAC colors from LHR to IAD what a memory

[@RuanAntunes7]

Don’t see this plane at all anymore. They were definitely the coolest of all Boeings

[@andrewyoung3299]

I remember seeing a Qantas 747-400 at Brisbane Airport back in 2015, which was was going to Los Angeles from said airport. Such a shame Covid killed them off :(

[@melonyfbb]

pls do a vid on ethiopianairlines route network

[@juliuslindaxnas9917]

Agreed

[@heidirabenau511]

Agreed

[@Jdwill206]

I saw three in the span of a week not to long ago on their approach. One did appear to be China airlines. I haven't had the chance to ever fly on one but it was nice to see them flying.

[@heidirabenau511]

Same

[@GeeBoggs]

This was a great episode with stunning aircraft footage.

[@TheDoubleace191]

Not to mention that the Korean Air owns the last ever passenger 747 aircraft ever built- HL7644

[@themomentchannel3498]

delivered in June 2017

[@TheDoubleace191]

@@themomentchannel3498 Yeap

[@InTeCredo]

I am sure that Korean Air will donate the final passenger 747 to the air transportation museum when its revenue service ends in the "distant future".

[@peppapig9987]

My first flight on a plane was a Korean air 747-400, and my last plane flight was on a 747-400. At the time I was just 5 and 6.

[@csk4j]

Great compilation!

[@eamonahern7495]

Needs to have a museum piece and a few remaining operational beyond the full retirement of the aircraft for historical purposes. A legend of the sky. Also famous for being flown by Bruce Dickinson on Iron Maiden's Book of Souls tour after he recovered from throat cancer.

[@LMays-cu2hp]

Thank you for sharing.. Yes, I do miss flying the 747-400s with United Airlines...

[@musicfan5921]

My very first plane ride was a Lufthansa 747-400, ever since I practically exclusively flew with a 747-400 and -8, it became my very favorite plane in the whole world.

[@robandcheryls]

I was able to fly in 1993 on a AirCanada. From Bangkok to Hong Kong finally Vancouver 🇨🇦. It’s my favorite piece of machinery since I was a child(Concorde was a close second)

[@bananaed1185]

My first ever 747 flight was when I was like five or smh and I flew British airways to Vancouver. Missing the 747 tbh

[@warthunderclipper]

I love the 747 and I’m pretty lucky to live somewhere where Lufthansa does daily 747 services and Emirates and British airways too (but on a380s) so my home international airport is basically avgeek paradise

[@markiangooley]

My last (possibly ever) was on Virgin Atlantic in 2018, JFK to MAN. Return to the USA was on an A330 instead, to my surprise.

[@droneshotsantoine1805]

Why possibly ever? You can still fly with Lufthansa 747 for example

[@robandcheryls]

I love your channel, info we want, not what we “need”. 🇨🇦

[@zephyr_00]

This video is nice. You should probably do other aircrafts like A330, A320, B767, B777, B737 etc.

[@Johnyperks]

Went past Kemble airfield last year, there was a number of British Airways 747's parked waiting to be dismantled, they didn't look old at all.

[@MililaniJag]

Over the years my airline United operated 88 747s. Cheers!

[@nguyenhoang8547]

My favorite aircraft

[@peppapig9987]

Lufthansa will be flying a passenger -400 to my city in a month. Super hyped, it will be the 5th 747 landing at my airport, and only passenger. It will be the second 400. The other 3 are 800's

[@ADUB747]

My first and last time flying on the 747 was with Cathay Pacific in 2012. I am thankful I got to fly on the 747 once before it got phased out because of the pandemic.

[@enrico_0914]

Fun fact, when I was little, my first flight is the Singapore airlines 744 from Hkg to sin! My favourite 747 livery is the klm livery. It’s beautiful!

[@chinitonamoreno]

My first flight with the Queen was on April 1998, CX's 747-200 Spirit of HK livery

[@williamfey62_40]

The first 747 flight I remember being on was the Singapore Airline 747-400 flights between Singapore and NewYork via Moscow. The last 747 I was on was a Korean 747-8i (originally suppose to be a A380 (changed due to maintenance)). The flight was between Atlanta to Seoul.

[@abhinav7387]

Love you

[@pogqantas5270]

can you make a vidio about the rnzaf 757-200s

[@TyLAR006]

I took CAL 744 usually before , unfortunately the final 4 aircrafts were planned to be retired in 2024 but finally retired in 2020 because of quarantine

[@kojiemoji4907]

My mom flew on the Boeing 747 many times with Japan Airlines and Pan Am during the 70s and 80s. I believe she flew on the -100, -100SR, and -200.

[@ManLikeBishy]

I expected British Airways to come out on top and rightly so, it did!

[@Joel-ew1zm]

So many beautiful creations of the 20th century simply are not sustainable in the harsh economic realities of the 21st century and especially the pandemic era onward. But honestly? The temporary nature of some of these things only adds to their beauty. The writing has been on the wall for the (passenger) 747 for many years now, its just sad to see it fade away. At least it will live on for years to come in the freight industry like other beauties like DC10, etc

[@adamcollins9404]

A few of the Virgin Atlantic 747-400s moved to Atlas Air and Longtail aviation

[@dodgers4121]

Just booked Houston - Frankfurt with Lufthansa 747-8....

[@nurrizadjatmiko21]

In case you don't know or forget, the remaining original 747-400 in 2022 is Air Atlanta Europe : 3 Air Atlanta Icelandic : 1 Air China : 3 Asiana : 1 (will be retired in 2024) Atlas Air : 5 Bahrain Royal Flight : 2 Dubai Royal Air Wing : 4 General Electric : 1= test flight only Iraqi Airways : 2 Kingdom Aircraft 2 LLC : 1 Lufthansa : 8 (will be retired in 2025) Mahan Air : 2 Max Air : 3 Morocco Government : 1 Rolls Royce North America : 1= test flight only Rossiya Airlines : 9 Royal Flight Of Oman : 1 Saudi Arabian Government : 1 Sky KG Airlines : 1 Terra Avia : 1 And Virgin Orbit : 1 = At least 52 Boeing 747-400 are still in service

[@InTeCredo]

"Lufthansa : 8 (will be retired in 2025)" It's 7, not 8, but close enough. That depends on when Boeing gets the 777-9 certified and ready for the revenue service in 2025 along with the production start. Lufthansa "might" take four to six white-tailed 777-300 at deeply discount price that were already built but not taken by the customers.

[@droneshotsantoine1805]

@@InTeCredo they have 8.

[@Theflyinghopper]

Didn’t thought that British would retire their all 52 747-400’s, it’s really shocking

[@j3j326]

Ba Operated 747-8Fs on lease from Atlas Air many years back.

[@thanhkimvuong9938]

My first ever long-haul flight was in 1994 with Lufthansa From Frankfurt to Saigon via Singapore. those where times, No PTV's just isle tv's lol. i was only 4 years old at the time visiting family. since then I have been on a few, Cathay pacific, China airlines and Virgin Atlantic 747-400s. so i guess i can count myself as lucky to have had the opportunity to fly in the queen of the skies. Its a shame that these aircraft have now been mostly retired as passenger versions. the 747-8 didn't see many as passenger versions sadly. I hope to fly in one before they get retired too. its only a matter of time till they go too. not the cargo freighters as they are still in demand. maybe those that where retires are now going into cargo conversions and fly on for the foreseeable future???

[@Just-PJ]

Can you do the 2000’s please?

[@bossfight6125]

I knew it would be BA since the amount of 747's, it will be missed...

[@Collins_Famliy_Videos]

What A United Boeing 747 800 Gray Battleship A Love That

[@JAMESWUERTELE]

Unrelated, my favorite airline, America West. Had 2 back long, long ago. I have only seen one or two videos.

[@stradivarioushardhiantz5179]

glad Lufthansa, Air China & Korean Air still operates 747-8i in 2022 🛫🤓

[@kathy8770]

Whats with the nerd emoji?

[@get2dachoppa249]

Avgeek, possibly. Most of us are.

[@stradivarioushardhiantz5179]

@@kathy8770 i just looked at Planespotters 🛫🤓

[@InTeCredo]

And Lufthansa hasn't ditched any 747-8i during the pandemic as the company did with A380 (there's strong rumour that Lufthansa might reactivate some of its A380 fleet)!

[@heidirabenau511]

@@InTeCredo Lufthansa is now considering bringing back the a380 because of lack of capacity

[@appleblows1]

I’d like to know where JAL is placed on this list.

[@ABBCOR]

What's the music

[@maartena]

I flew the KLM 747-400s three times between LAX and AMS, in 2010, 2014, and 2019. We specifically chose the type because they have a Economy Plus section in the front of the cabin that has one row with 2 seats. That way my wife and I do not have to deal with any other passengers..... Yes, they are a bit older, but my iPad was loaded with movies and lasted for the entire flight of 11 hours. By 2019 we already knew it was going to be our last flight on the Boeing 747, as they were already phasing them out at the time and they would all be retired before 2022..... the pandemic forced the decision to retire them early, and 2020 saw KLM's final 747 flight. I am glad I had the opportunity to fly the Queen of the Skies several times, and am sad to see it go. But time moves on.... and two-engine models such as the 777 and 787 are much more efficient.

[@qrkid6253]

to me the most iconic 747s are klm and qantas

[@MrHav1k]

I need to fly on one before it's too late. Lufthansa it is from the looks of it!!!

[@heidirabenau511]

Same, Lufthansa,Korean Air or Air China

[@Dexter037S4]

@@heidirabenau511 Air China are getting replacements, due to the Distaste of the USA.

[@sjvillar2796]

I’m surprised that 747 and Boeing stalwart Japan Airlines did not make it in your list…

[@magnustan841]

I grew up in the 777 era, so the Jumbo was before my time, hence sadly the attachment to the type isn't that strong. But an icon for sure, need to get my first flight on a -8I ASAP.

[@Arthurr299]

I grew up mostly around the 777-300ER - and the 787-8 era. Still waiting to get on a -8I too!

[@heidirabenau511]

Same

[@Dexter037S4]

@@Arthurr299 The weird period of the early 2000s, so it was the 767 here for me. YOW used to have much more operations internationally.

[@gopher6532]

@@Arthurr299 same

[@Collins_Famliy_Videos]

I Bine On United Airlines To Much I Don't Remember When The First Time I Bine On United Airlines Before But I Remembered When The First Time On Hawaiian Airlines Before On A A321 Neo From Los Angeles - Lihue

[@get2dachoppa249]

It was 30+ years between 747 flights for me, a Tower Air 742 in 1986, then nothing but narrow bodies, 777s, A330s, & 787s until traveling on Lufthansa’s 744 & 748i this year. Given that, I’m now looking for routes that still operate the A380.

[@nicholasmackenzie-rowe68]

If you are in Europe, your best chance is BA. I'm booked to fly to ORD from LHR for example. Unless of course you need to fly east, you can try Emirates.

[@get2dachoppa249]

I have no desire to ever fly BA again, A380 or not. I'm in the desert-countries-with-oil -part of the world, so there's Emirates like you mentioned, plus Qatar. Looking t a trip in OCT on one of Singapore Airlines A380 routes. ANA is reactivating their A380s, so I can take one to Hawaii.

[@Collins_Famliy_Videos]

Oops I Mean What A United Boring 747-400 I Love That

[@bossfight6125]

It will be remembered. Just a few months left before the Queen's demise :(

[@RandyClinton]

Lufthansa is in the list and they operate the 747-8i

[@aviatordube]

South African Airways??👌🏾

[@droneshotsantoine1805]

No

[@alihadoum2556]

The saudia 747 is still flying

[@DiamondAviator4]

COVID 19!!!

[@itsmiggi9738]

What about South african Airways that had near 70 B747's? Ofc today SAA is no where near where it used to be during apartheid.

[@droneshotsantoine1805]

They are bankruptcy

[@Velocity8842]

5:50 ummm Taiwanese airline china airlines????

[@gopher6532]

yes, china airlines is the flag carrier of the republic of china (taiwan)

[@Velocity8842]

@@gopher6532 interesting

[@Collins_Famliy_Videos]

All Of The 747s On The List I Saw Before And The Airline On The UNITED I Flew On Before And I Flew On Hawaiian Airlines I Bone On United To Much And I Bone On Hawaiian 1 Times

[@Invalid.Argument]

you forgot the Saudi Arabian 747SP!! 😢😢😢

[@luisstransport]

First

[@tortie789]

SECOND

[@patschannel9513]

I was lucky to fly on the BA 747-400 on the Heathrow-Moscow route a long time ago, all i remember is it having IFE screens and 2 decks, back then i thought of it as an average flight but now i look back and think how lucky i was to fly one of the last flights of the aircraft.

[@markiangooley]

My last (possibly ever) was on Virgin Atlantic in 2018, JFK to MAN. Return to the USA was on an A330 instead, to my surprise.