“End of an era” is the common refrain from passengers, staff and fans as British Airways announces the immediate retirement of its 747s with their distinct forward hump and decades-long history. The ...
This airplane may be grounded, but it still has a place among the stars. On Thursday, a British Airways 747 made its final flight to Surrey, England, where it will be transformed into a film and ...
Cotswold Airport in England bought a British Airways 747 for $1.35 and converted it into a "party plane." The aircraft, which features a dance floor and bar, costs $1,350 per hour to rent, or $16,000 ...
February 20th, 2005. Shortly after takeoff from Los Angeles, flames burst from the engine of a British Airways Boeing 747 ...
British Airway retired the last of its huge Boeing 747 airplanes on Thursday when the final two planes still in service departed from London Heathrow – a poignant event brought upon by the coronavirus ...
British Airways will retire its entire 747 jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect. Thursday's (July 16) announcement came after air travel went into freefall this year. BA - the world's largest ...
At the best of times, the Boeing 747 is a costly plane to operate and maintain. When a pandemic causes passenger numbers to plummet, however, it can become unsustainable. It was with this in mind that ...
British Airways retired its last two Boeing Co. 747 airliners, marking the end of the line for one of the largest fleets of the iconic jumbos. The planes took off from BA’s London Heathrow hub on ...
British Airways operated a total of 101 Boeing 747 aircraft across three variants before waving goodbye to them in April 2020. G-BNLH, named 'City of Westminster,' was leased to Qantas from 2000 to ...
British Airways has decided to immediately retire its entire Boeing 747-400 fleet of 30 aircraft due to the disruption in the aviation industry as a result of the coronavirus. ”It is with great ...
In June 1977 BA was the first airline to take delivery of the Rolls-Royce RB211-powered 747, when it receiving its initial -200B series. Several of these were delivered to BA as “-236M” combi variants ...
The mighty queen of the sky is becoming a less frequent sight at airports around the world. Boeing’s 747 aircraft was a masterpiece of engineering and widely seen as the beginning of mass travel in ...