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

These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.

  1. ^ Includes 747-100F
  2. ^ Includes 747-200F
  3. ^ Includes 747-300F and Combi
  4. ^ Includes 747-400 Combi
  5. ^ incl. four 747-400LCF Dreamlifter
  6. ^ N863GT last 747 built. L/N 1574[11]
  7. ^ HL7644 last passenger 747 built. L/N 1539[11]

Current non-airline operators

  1. ^ Includes 747-100F
  2. ^ Includes 747-200F
  3. ^ Includes 747-300F and Combi
  4. ^ Includes 747-400 Combi, 747-400F and 747-400ERF

Orders and deliveries

Orders and deliveries sortable, presorted by customer[59]
Customer Orders
747
-100
747
-100F
747
-100B
747
-100SR
747
-200B
747
-200C
747
-200F
747
-200M
747
-300
747
-300M
747
-300SR
747
-400
747
-400D
747
-400ER
747
-400ERF
747
-400F
747
-400M
747
-8F
747
-8I
747
-E4A
747
-E4B
747
-SP
Total PW GE RR
Aer Lingus 2 2 2
Aerolíneas Argentinas 7 7 7
Air Afrique 1 1 1
Air Canada 5 2 3 10 10
Air China 1 1 6 8 7 23 16 7
Air China Cargo 2 2 2
Air France 16 2 10 11 7 2 5 53 17 36
Air Gabon 1 1 1
Air India 11 2 6 19 17 2
Air Madagascar 1 1 1
Air Namibia 1 1 1
Air New Zealand 5 4 9 1 8
AirBridgeCargo 7 7 7
Alitalia 2 9 1 5 17 5 12
All Nippon Airways 17 5 12 11 45 45
Altavair LLC 6 6 6
American Airlines 16 16 16
Asiana Airlines 2 5 6 13 13
Atlas Air 15 14 29 29
Avianca 1 1 1
Braniff 1 1 3 5 5
British Airways 18 15 1 3 57 94 18 76
Business Jet / VIP Customer(s) 8 8 8
CAAC-Civil Aviation of China 2 4 6 6
Cameroon Airlines 1 1 1
Canadian Airlines 4 4 4
Cargolux 2 16 14 32 2 19 11
Cathay Pacific 8 2 6 17 6 6 14 59 6 14 39
China Airlines 3 2 1 17 21 4 48 23 25
China Cargo 2 2 2
China Southern Airlines 2 2 2
Condor 2 2 2
CP Air 4 4 4
Delta Air Lines 5 5 5
Eastern Air Lines 4 4 4
EgyptAir 2 2 2
El Al 4 2 1 4 11 11
EVA Air 7 3 8 18 18
Flying Tiger 6 6 6
Garuda Indonesia 6 3 8 6 2
GECAS 1 2 5 8 8
Government of Japan 2 2 2
Iberia 2 6 1 9 9
ILFC 3 14 3 1 21 19 2
Iran Air (Homa) 1 2 4 7 7
Iraqi Airways 3 1 4 4
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force 1 10 4 1 4 16
Jade Cargo International 6 6 6
Japan Airlines 8 12 24 7 9 4 34 8 2 108 64 44
Japan Asia Airways 1 1 1
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 1 1 2 1 1
KLM 10 7 3 5 3 17 45 7 38
Korean Air 6 5 2 1 27 8 10 1 7 10 2 79 62 17
Kuwait Airways 4 1 5 4 1
Lion Air 2 2 2
LoadAir Cargo 2 2 2
Lufthansa 3 7 6 14 25 7 19 81 6 75
Malaysia Airlines 1 19 2 2 24 20 4
Mandarin Airlines 1 1 1
Martinair 2 2 2
Middle East Airlines 3 3 3
National Airlines 2 2 2
Nippon Cargo Airlines 6 10 8 24 24
Northwest Airlines 10 19 8 16 53 53
Olympic Airways 2 2 2
Pakistan International Airlines 2 2 2
Pan Am 33 2 10 45 45
Philippine Airlines 4 3 1 8 8
Presidential Flight 1 1 2 1 1
Qantas 19 3 6 21 6 2 57 17 6 34
Royal Air Maroc 1 1 1
Royal Jordanian 1 2 3 3
Sabena 2 2 4 2 2
Saudia 8 1 10 5 2 26 5 21
Scandinavian Airlines 3 3 6 6
Seaboard World Airlines 4 4 4
Silk Way Airlines 5 5 5
Singapore Airlines 19 1 11 3 42 17 93 93
South African Airways 5 2 2 8 6 23 15 2 6
Swissair 2 2 3 7 7
Syrianair 2 2 2
TAP Portugal 4 4 4
Thai Airways 6 2 18 26 26
Transamerica Airlines 3 3 3
TWA 15 3 18 18
U.S. Air Force 2 1 3 1 7 7
Unidentified Customer(s) 1 4 2 7 7
United Airlines 22 2 44 68 68
UPS 8 28 36 36
USAF PAR Program 2 2 2
UTA 2 2 1 2 1 1 9 9
Varig 3 2 5 5
Virgin Atlantic 9 9 9
Volga-Dnepr UK Ltd 6 6 6
Wardair 1 2 3 1 2
World Airways 3 3 3
Total 168 10 9 29 229 13 73 74 56 21 4 442 19 6 40 126 61 107 48 3 1 45 1,573 734 640 199

Former civil operators of a Boeing 747 variant

Original operators - ♠

Boeing 747-100

Boeing 747SP

Boeing 747-200

Boeing 747-300

Two Mahan Airlines Boeing 747-300 at Mehrabad International Airport.
PIA Boeing 747-300 on short final to London Heathrow International Airport, on 12 June 2003.
Air France Boeing 747-300 on 2 March 1999.

Boeing 747-400

Boeing 747-8

Summary of deliveries

Model First Delivery Last Delivery Total Delivered
Date Customer Date Customer
747-100 December 13, 1969 Pan American World Airways July 2, 1976 British Airways 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 United States Air Force 233
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 74
Total 747-200 Series: 393
747SP March 5, 1976 Pan American World Airways December 9, 1989 Abu Dhabi Govt. (UAE) 45
Total 747SP: 45
747-300 March 1, 1983 Union de Transports Aériens 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 (Cancelled)
Kalitta Air
40
747-400ER October 31, 2002 Qantas July 30, 2003 Qantas 6
Total 747-400 Series: 694
747-8F October 12, 2011 Cargolux January 31, 2023  Atlas Air 107
747-8BBJ February 28, 2012 Govt. of Qatar November 6, 2021 Govt. of Egypt 12
747-8I April 26, 2012 Lufthansa July 7, 2017 Korean Air 36
Total 747-8 Series: 155
Total Delivered (All series): 1,573
  • Boeing data through end of February 2023.[61]

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Further reading

  • Bowman, Martin J. (2014). Boeing 747 A History - Delivering the Dream. Barnsley, Yorkshire, England: Pen & Sword Aviation. ISBN 9781783030392.
  • Eastwood, A.B.; Roach, John (1992). Jet Airliner Production List. West Drayton, England: The Aviation Hobby Shop. ISBN 0-907178-43-X.