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Rare Jumbos: Which Airlines Still Have Passenger Boeing 747s?
KLM, and British Airways, all retired their 747 fleets early due to the pandemic. However, a handful of carriers still operate the Boeing 747-400 and Boeing 747-8 for passenger services.
A roaring tailwind just hurled a passenger plane at 826 miles per hour
On Feb. 7, 2020, a KLM flight reached a ground speed of 819 mph over Newfoundland. It was a Boeing 747; the pilot snapped a ...
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New all-cargo airline One Air expands fleet with third Boeing 747-400 freighter
Britain’s new all-cargo airline One Air has welcomed a third Boeing 747-400 freighter, adding a Boeing 747-400ERF to its ...
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KLM adds the Airbus A321neo to its fleet to replace Boeing 737s
On European routes, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will be replacing its older Boeing 737s with Airbus A321neo and A320neo aircraft ...
Where & Why: These Are Lufthansa's 5 US Routes With The Fewest Scheduled Seats
From its bases in Frankfurt (FRA) and Munich (MUC), it currently has routes to 27 different US destinations, with an average ...
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How Fast Does A Boeing 747 Fly? Take-Off Vs Max Cruise Speed Explained
The Boeing 747 is one of the primary long-range wide-body airplanes flown throughout the world. These four-engine passenger planes can carry over 360 passengers and crew and were the first ...
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The Final Eight Minutes Glossary
The KLM plane, for example ... 1658:14.8 signifies 4:58 p.m. and 14.8 seconds. This aircraft is a Boeing 747 carrying 234 passengers and 14 crew. It is a chartered flight bound from Amsterdam ...
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KLM to put A321neo into service in mid-September
“Arrival of the first A321neo marks the start of replacing our Boeing 737 fleet,” says KLM chief executive Marjan Rintel. KLM says it will deploy the aircraft initially on routes to ...
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Boeing 747: Last plane delivered in regal send-off
The Boeing 747, the US plane that revolutionised air travel, has been given a regal send-off in the skies over Washington State. Atlas Air, an American cargo airline, took delivery of the last 747 ...
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FAREWELL TO THE BOEING 747
The 747 was imagined in the 1960s to meet a growing demand for air travel, with Pan Am asking Boeing to design a plane twice the size of the 707, the first jetliner. The Seattle manufacturer did ...
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What to expect from the new Boeing 777-9 – the world’s longest and widest passenger plane
After the four-engine Boeing 747 flew into the history books of most airlines during the pandemic and Airbus scrapped the production of its double-decker successor, the A380 superjumbo ...
Elina Geller, CPA
Elina has also been featured in AwardWallet. Prior to her career in travel, Elina worked in New York in investment banking and she is a CPA. Outside of travel, Elina is a passionate bachata dancer and ...