List of Boeing 747 operators
The following is a list of current commercial operators of the Boeing 747, and any of its variants.
Current airline operators
There were 511 Boeing 747 aircraft in airline service as of July 2016[update], comprising 19 747-200s, five 747-300s, 394 747-400s, 96 747-8s and a single 747SP.[1][2] These aircraft are listed by airline operator and variant in the following table.
Airline | 747SP | 747-100 | 747-200 | 747-300 | 747-400[a] | 747-400F | 747-8 | 747-8F | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aerotranscargo | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
AHS Air International | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Air Cargo Global | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Air China | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 6 | — | 9 |
Air China Cargo | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Air Hong Kong | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Air India | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | 4 |
AirBridgeCargo | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | 8 | 17 |
Asiana Airlines | — | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | — | — | 14 |
ASL Airlines Belgium | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Atlas Air | — | — | — | — | 4 | 17 | — | 4 | 25 |
British Airways | — | — | — | — | 39 | — | — | — | 39 |
CAL Cargo Air Lines | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
CargoLogicAir | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
Cargolux | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 13 | 21 |
Cargolux Italia | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Caspian Airlines | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Cathay Pacific | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 13 | 20 |
Centurion Air Cargo | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 |
China Airlines | — | — | — | — | 7 | 18 | — | — | 25 |
China Cargo Airlines | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
China Southern Airlines | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Conviasa | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Corsair International | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 |
Delta Air Lines | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | — | 9 |
El Al | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 7 |
Emirates | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Etihad Airways | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 |
EVA Air | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | — | — | 10 |
Garuda Indonesia | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
Iran Air | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Iraqi Airways | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
Kabo Air | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
Kalitta Air | — | — | 5 | — | — | 10 | — | — | 15 |
KLM | — | — | — | — | 20 | — | — | — | 20 |
Korean Air | — | — | — | — | 7 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 37 |
Lufthansa | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | 19 | — | 32 |
Mahan Air | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Martinair | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 |
Max Air | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
MyCargo Airlines | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
National Airlines | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Nippon Cargo Airlines | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 8 | 13 |
Orient Thai Airlines | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Polar Air Cargo | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | — | 5 | 12 |
Qantas | — | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | — | — | 13 |
Qatar Airways | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
Rossiya Airlines | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 |
Royal Air Maroc | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
Saudia | — | — | — | — | 4 | 11 | — | 2 | 17 |
Silk Way Airlines | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | 5 |
Singapore Airlines Cargo | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | — | — | 9 |
TCA The Cargo Airlines | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Thai Airways | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | — | 10 |
TransAVIAexport Airlines | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
Uni-Top Airlines | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
United Airlines | — | — | — | — | 21 | — | — | — | 21 |
UPS Airlines | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | — | 13 |
Virgin Atlantic | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | 8 |
Wamos Air | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 3 |
Western Global Airlines | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
Yangtze River Express | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | 3 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 195 | 197 | 32 | 64 | 511 |
Data at July 31, 2016.,[1][2] this list does not include some operators who have either stored or leased out their fleet, notably Air Atlanta Icelandic, MASkargo and Eaglexpress.
- ^ Includes 747-400 Combi
Civil Operators
♠ Original operators
Boeing 747-100
- Aer Lingus ♠ [3][4]
- Air Canada ♠ [3][4]
- Air France ♠ [3][4]
- Alitalia ♠ [3][4]
- All Nippon Airways ♠ [3][4]
- American Airlines ♠ [3][4]
- Braniff International ♠ [3][4]
- British Airways ♠ [3][4]
- Continental Airlines ♠ [3]
- Delta Air Lines ♠ [3][4]
- Eastern Air Lines[5]
- Evergreen International Airlines[5]
- Federal Express[5]
- Iberia ♠ [3][4]
- Iran Air ♠ [3][4]
- Japan Air Lines ♠ [3][4]
- Japan Asia Airlines ♠ [3]
- Lufthansa ♠ [3][4]
- National Airlines[disambiguation needed] ♠ [3][4]
- Northwest Airlines ♠ [3][4]
- Pan Am ♠ [3][4]
- SABENA ♠ [3][4]
- ] Saudi Arabian Airlines ♠ [3][4]
- Tower Air[5]
- Trans Air Service[5]
- Trans World Airlines ♠ [3][4]
- United Airlines ♠ [3][4]
- Wardair ♠ [3][4]
Boeing 747SP
- Braniff International ♠ [6]
- CAAC ♠ [6]
- China Airlines ♠ [6]
- Iran Air ♠ [6]
- Iraqi Airways ♠ [6]
- Japan Air Lines ♠ [6]
- Korean Airlines ♠ [6]
- Pan Am ♠ [6]
- Qantas ♠ [6]
- Saudi Arabian Airlines ♠ [6]
- South African Airlines ♠ [6]
- Syrianair ♠ [4]
- Trans World Airlines ♠ [6]
Boeing 747-200
- Aerolineas Argentinas ♠ [4]
- Air Afrique ♠ [4]
- Air Canada ♠ [5]
- Air China ♠ [4]
- Air France ♠ [5]
- Air Gabon ♠ [4]
- Air India ♠ [5]
- Air Madagascar ♠ [4]
- Air New Zealand ♠ [4]
- Alitalia ♠ [5]
- All Nippon Airways ♠ [4]
- Avianca ♠ [4]
- Braniff International ♠ [4]
- British Airways ♠ [5]
- CAAC ♠ [4]
- Cameroon Airlines ♠ [4]
- Cargolux ♠ [4]
- Cathay Pacific Airways ♠ [4]
- China Airlines ♠ [4]
- Condor Airlines ♠ [4]
- El Al ♠ [4]
- Flying Tiger ♠ [4]
- Garuda Indonesia ♠ [4]
- Iberia ♠ [5]
- Iraqi Airways ♠ [4]
- Iran Air ♠ [5]
- Japan Air Lines ♠ [5]
- KLM ♠ [5]
- Korean Air ♠ [4]
- Kuwait Airways ♠ [4]
- Lufthansa ♠ [5]
- Martinair ♠ [4]
- Middle East Airlines ♠ [5]
- Nippon Cargo Airlines ♠ [4]
- Northwest Airlines ♠ [4]
- Olympic Airlines ♠ [4]
- Pakistan International Airlines ♠ [4]
- Pan Am ♠ [4]
- Philippine Airlines ♠ [4]
- Qantas ♠ [5]
- Royal Air Maroc ♠ [4]
- Royal Jordanian ♠ [4]
- SABENA ♠ [4]
- SAS ♠ [4]
- Seaboard World Airlines ♠ [4]
- Singapore Airlines ♠ [5]
- South African Airlines ♠ [4]
- Swissair ♠ [5]
- TAP Air Portugal ♠ [5]
- Thai Airways International ♠ [4]
- Transamerica Airlines ♠ [4]
Boeing 747-300
- Air India ♠ [4]
- Cathay Pacific Airways ♠ [4]
- Egyptair ♠ [4]
- Japan Airlines ♠ [4]
- Japan Asia Airways ♠ [4]
- KLM ♠ [4]
- Korean Air ♠ [4]
- Malaysian Airlines ♠ [4]
- Qantas ♠ [4]
- SABENA ♠ [4]
- Saudi Arabian Airlines ♠ [4]
- Singapore Airlines ♠ [4]
- South African Airlines ♠ [4]
- Swissair ♠ [4]
- Thai Airways International ♠ [4]
- United Airlines ♠ [4]
- UTA ♠ [4]
- VARIG ♠ [4]
- Virgin Atlantic Airways[5]
- Wardair ♠ [4]
- World Airways ♠ [4]
Boeing 747-400
- Air Canada ♠ [5]
- Air China ♠ [5]
- Air France ♠ [5]
- Air India ♠ [4]
- Air Namibia ♠ [4]
- Air New Zealand ♠ [4]
- All Nippon Airways ♠ [5]
- Asiana Airlines ♠ [5]
- Atlas Air ♠ [4]
- British Airways ♠ [5]
- Canadian Airlines ♠ [4]
- Cathay Pacific Airways ♠ [4]
- Cargolux ♠ [5]
- Cathay Pacific ♠ [5]
- China Airlines ♠ [4]
- China Cargo Airlines ♠ [4]
- China Southern Airlines ♠ [4]
- El Al ♠ [4]
- EVA Airways ♠ [5]
- Garuda Indonesia ♠ [4]
- Jade Cargo International ♠ [4]
- Japan Air Lines ♠ [5]
- KLM ♠ [5]
- Korean Airways ♠ [5]
- Kuwait Airways ♠ [4]
- LoadAir Cargo ♠ [4]
- Lufthansa ♠ [5]
- Malaysian Airlines ♠ [5]
- Mandarin Airlines ♠ [4]
- Martinair ♠ [5]
- Nippon Cargo Airlines ♠ [4]
- Northwest Airlines ♠ [4]
- Philippine Airlines ♠ [4]
- Qantas ♠ [5]
- Saudi Arabian Airlines ♠ [4]
- Singapore Airlines ♠ [5]
- South African Airlines ♠ [5]
- Thai Airways International ♠ [5]
- United Airlines ♠ [5]
- UPS Airlines ♠ [4]
- UTA ♠ [4]
- Virgin Atlantic Airways ♠ [4]
Boeing 747-8
- Air China ♠ [4]
- AirBridgeCargo Airlines ♠ [4]
- Cargolux Airlines ♠ [4]
- Cathay Pacific Airways ♠ [4]
- Korean Air ♠ [4]
- Lufthansa ♠ [4]
- Nippon Cargo Airlines ♠ [4]
- Silk Way Airlines ♠ [4]
- UPS Airlines ♠ [4]
- Volger-Dnepr ♠ [4]
Military and Government operators
- Imperial Iranian Air Force ♠ [5]
- Government of Japan ♠ [4]
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ♠ [4]
- United Arab Emirates Presidential Flight ♠ [4]
- United States Air Force ♠ [5]
Summary of deliveries
Model | First Delivery | Last Delivery | Total Delivered | ||
Date | Customer | Date | Customer | ||
747-100 | December 13, 1969 | Pan Am | July 2, 1976 | Pan Am | 167 |
747-100SR | September 26, 1973 | Japan Airlines | April 2, 1975 | Japan Airlines | 7 |
747-100BSR | December 21, 1978 | All Nippon Airways | November 12, 1982 | All Nippon Airways | 20 |
747-100B | August 2, 1979 | Iran Air | April 2, 1982 | Saudi Arabian Airlines | 9 |
747-100B SUD | March 24, 1986 | Japan Airlines | September 9, 1986 | Japan Airlines | 2 |
Total 747-100 Series: | 205 | ||||
747-200B | January 16, 1971 | KLM | December 20, 1990 | USAF | 229 |
747-200F (Freighter) | March 10, 1972 | Lufthansa | November 19, 1991 | Nippon Cargo Airlines | 73 |
747-200C (Convertble) | April 30, 1973 | World Airways | September 26, 1988 | Martinair | 13 |
747-200M (Combi) | March 7, 1975 | Air Canada | April 5, 1988 | Iberia Airlines | 78 |
Total 747-200 Series: | 393 | ||||
747SP | March 5, 1976 | Pan Am | December 9, 1989 | Abu Dhabi Govt. (UAE) | 45 |
Total 747SP: | 45 | ||||
747-300 | March 1, 1983 | UTA | October 18, 1988 | Japan Asia | 56 |
747-300M (Combi) | March 5, 1983 | Swissair | September 25, 1990 | Sabena | 21 |
747-300SR | December 10, 1987 | Japan Airlines | February 19, 1988 | Japan Airlines | 4 |
Total 747-300 Series: | 81 | ||||
747-400 | January 26, 1989 | Northwest Airlines | April 26, 2005 | China Airlines | 442 |
747-400M (Combi) | September 1, 1989 | KLM | April 10, 2002 | KLM | 61 |
747-400D | October 10, 1991 | Japan Airlines | December 11, 1995 | All Nippon Airways | 19 |
747-400F | November 17, 1993 | Cargolux | May 7, 2009 | Nippon Cargo Airlines | 126 |
747-400ERF | October 17, 2002 | Air France | November 10, 2009 | LoadAir Cargo | 40 |
747-400ER | October 31, 2002 | Qantas | July 30, 2003 | Qantas | 6 |
Total 747-400 Series: | 694 | ||||
747-8F | October 12, 2011 | Cargolux | 68 | ||
747-8 | April 26, 2012 | Lufthansa | 33 | ||
747-8BBJ | February 28, 2012 | Govt. of Qatar | 8 | ||
Total 747-8 Series: | 109 | ||||
Total Delivered (All series): | 1,527 |
- Boeing data through end of September 2016.[4]
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