Tag: Boeing 747

Final Boeing 747 Airplane Leaves Everett Factory

The last Boeing 747 left the company's widebody factory in advance of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. "For more than half a century, tens of thousands of dedicated Boeing employees have designed and built this magnificent airplane that has truly changed the world. We are proud that this ...

Bii purchases significant Boeing 747/8, 767/777 modern spares inventory

Bii.aero,  a leading provider of aircraft parts and services for the commercial aviation sector, has acquired a significant portion of Aircraft Finance Germany’s (AFG) inventory of enhanced Boeing spares many of which are interchangeable between Boeing 747-8, 767 and 777 aircraft types. The ma...

British Airways Boeing 747 on fire at Castellon

By: Nick Harding, ukaviation.news A British Airways Boeing 747-400 has caught fire at eCubes facility at Castellon Airport. The aircraft is one of several ex-British Airways Boeing 747 aircraft being scrapped by Vale of Glamorgan based company, eCube, at their Spanish base. Images sho...

Airline Start-Up Wants British Airways’ Retired Boeing 747

By Sofia Marrero, airwaysmag.com Upon the retirement of British Airways’ (BA) Boeing 747, start-up Avatar Airlines offered BA a 22% stake in exchange for its used jumbo jets. The founder of the start-up, Barry Michaels, already ventured into the “Family Airlines” idea. This includes the laun...

British Airways’ Final Heathrow 747 Aircraft Cleared for Take Off This Week

British Airways has announced that its final two Heathrow based Boeing 747 aircraft are scheduled to depart from the airport for the very last time tomorrow morning (Thursday 8 October). One aircraft is painted in its heritage ‘Negus’ livery and the other in its current Chatham Dockyard livery. ...

British Airways Says Goodbye To First Of Its Last 747 Jumbo Jets

British Airways will tomorrow retire its first Boeing 747 since announcing last month that all 31 of its jumbo jets had sadly flown their last commercial services. The Boeing 747-400, registration G-CIVD, will depart from London Heathrow on Tuesday, 18 August at 9am local time under flight number B...

British Airways is to retire its ENTIRE Boeing 747 fleet.

British Airways sent an email to staff late last night confirming its plans to retire its entire fleet of Boeing 747 aircraft. The UK airline is the world's largest operator of the jumbo jets, with 31 in the fleet. "It is with great sadness that we can confirm we are proposing to retire our entir...

Doncaster Sheffield Airport closed after aircraft skids off runway

Doncaster Sheffield Airport closed after aircraft skids off runway

Doncaster Sheffield Airport was thrown in to chaos yesterday afternoon after a 747 aircraft skidded off the runway. A spokesman for the airport confirmed that there were no injuries reported following the incident, no passengers except crew were onboard at the time. [caption id="attachment_293...

Lufthansa will bring home thousands of vacationers from New Zealand

Lufthansa will bring vacationers on behalf of the Federal Foreign Office from New Zealand back to Europe. Five Airbus A380s with 509 seats each and five Boeing 747s with 371 seats each will fly from Auckland and Christchurch, the country's two largest cities, departing from Frankfurt during the wee...

Frankfurt Airport Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Terminal 2

Frankfurt Airport Celebrates 25th Anniversary of Terminal 2

25 years ago, the very first aircraft arrived at Terminal 2: a Cathay Pacific Boeing 747 from Hong Kong with 350 passengers onboard. Since the official inauguration on October 24, 1994, Frankfurt Airport’s Terminal 2 has been the departure point, destination or stopover for some 200 million trave...

Negus design to complete British Airways heritage livery set

Negus design to complete British Airways heritage livery set

British Airways (BA) has today revealed the fourth and final design in its series of heritage liveries to mark the airline’s centenary – a Boeing 747 painted in the Negus design. The 747-400, registration G-CIVB, entered the IAC paint bay at Dublin Airport last Saturday where it is being repa...

Latest British Airways heritage livery enters service

Latest British Airways heritage livery enters service

British Airways (BA) on Saturday (9 March) welcomed the arrival of the third in its series of four heritage liveries – a Boeing 747 painted in the Landor design - which flew on BA aircraft between 1984-1997. The 747, registration G-BNLY, touched down at Heathrow Airport and entered service in t...

BA Boeing 747 painted in iconic design to make first flight from Heathrow today

BA Boeing 747 painted in iconic design to make first flight from Heathrow today

A British Airways Boeing 747 painted in the iconic design of its predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) will makes its first flight (BA117) today (19 February) from Heathrow Airport to New York's JFK International Airport. The aircraft landed at Heathrow yesterday after flying fr...

British Airways to paint 747 with classic livery to celebrate 100th birthday

British Airways to paint 747 with classic livery to celebrate 100th birthday

As part of its 100-year birthday British Airways said today it will be painting a Boeing 747 in the much-admired design of its predecessor British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). The livery from the 1964 – 1974 BOAC era will adorn a B747, reg: G-BYGC. The aircraft will leave the paint shop...

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