List of Boeing 747 operators

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Lufthansa has the largest passenger 747 fleet in the world, consisting of the -400 and -8 series variants.

The following is a list of current commercial operators of the Boeing 747, and any of its variants.

Airline operators[]

There were 447 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service as of January 2022, comprising 6 747-100s, 19 747-200s, 4 747-300s, 270 747-400s, and 148 747-8s.[1] These aircraft are listed by airline operator and variant in the following table.

Airline 747-100 747SP 747-200 747-300[a] 747-400[b] 747-400F[c] 747-8I 747-8F Total
ACT Airlines — — — — — 5 — — 5
Aerostan — — 2 — — — — — 2
Aerotranscargo — — — — — 7 — — 7
Air Atlanta Europe — — — — 1 — — — 1
Air Atlanta Icelandic — — — — 4 9 — — 13
Air Belgium — — — — — — — 2 2
Air China — — — — 3 — 7 — 10
Air China Cargo — — — — — 3 — — 3
Air India — — — — 4 — — — 4
AirBridgeCargo — — — — — 4 — 13 17
Asiana Airlines — — — — 1 11 — — 12
ASL Airlines Belgium — — — — — 5 — — 5
Atlas Air — — — — 5 32 — 4 41
Bahrain Royal Flight — — — — 2 — — — 2
Boeing — — — — — 4[d] — — 4
Brunei Government — — — — — — 1 — 1
Cargo Air Lines — — — — — 2 — — 2
CargoLogicAir — — — — — 2 — — 2
Cargolux — — — — — 16 — 14 30
Cathay Pacific — — — — — 6 — 14 20
Challenge Airlines — — — — — 2 — — 2
China Airlines — — — — — 18 — — 18
China Cargo Airlines — — — — — 2 — — 2
Dubai Royal Air Wing — — — — 3 1 — — 4
Egyptian Government — — — — — — 1 — 1
Elitavia Malta — — — — — 1 — — 1
Emtrasur Cargo — — — 1 — — — — 1
Fars Air Qeshm — — 2 — — — — — 2
Fly Pro — — 2 — — — — — 2
General Electric — — — — 1 — — — 1
Geo-Sky — — 2 — — — — — 2
Iran Air — — 1 — — — — — 1
Iranian Air Force 1 — 3 — — — — — 4
Iraqi Airways — — — — 2 — — — 2
Kalitta Air — — — — — 24 — — 24
Kingdom Aircraft II LLC — — — — 1 — — — 1
Korean Air — — — — — 4 9 7 20
Korean Government — — — — 1 — 1 — 2
Las Vegas Sands Corporation — 1 — — — — — — 1
Longtail Aviation — — — — 1 2 — — 3
Lufthansa — — — — 8 — 19 — 27
Mahan Air — — — 1 2 — — — 3
Martinair — — — — — 4 — — 4
Max Air — — — — 3 — — — 3
Moroccan Government — — — — 1 — 1 — 2
NASA — 1 — — — — — — 1
National Airlines — — — — — 6 — — 6
Nippon Cargo Airlines — — — — — — — 8 8
Polar Air Cargo — — — — — 3 — 6 9
Pratt & Whitney — 2 — — — — — — 2
Qatar Airways Cargo — — — — — — — 2 2
Qatar Amiri Flight — — — — — — 3 — 3
Rolls-Royce North America — — 1 — — — — — 1
ROM Cargo Airlines — — — — — 1 — — 1
Rossiya Airlines — — — — 9 — — — 9
Royal Flight of Oman — 1 — — 1 — 1 — 3
Saudi Arabian Government — — — 1 1 — — — 2
SF Airlines — — — — — 3 — — 3
Silk Way West Airlines — — — — — 5 — 5 10
Singapore Airlines — — — — — 7 — — 7
Sky Gates Airlines — — — — — 2 — — 2
Sky KG Airlines — — — — 1 — — — 1
Sky Lease Cargo — — — — — 2 — — 2
State of Kuwait — — — — — — 1 — 1
Suparna Airlines — — — — — 3 — — 3
Terra Avia — — — — — 1 — — 1
Transaviaexport Cargo Airline — — — 1 — — — — 1
Turkey Government — — — — — — 1 — 1
UPS Airlines — — — — — 13 — 26 39
US Air Force — — 6 — — — 2 — 8
Virgin Orbit — — — — 1 — — — 1
Western Global Airlines — — — — — 4 — — 4
Total 1 5 19 4 56 214 47 101 447

Data at January 2022.

  1. ^ Includes 747-300F and Combi
  2. ^ Includes 747-400 Combi
  3. ^ Includes 747-400ERF
  4. ^ 747-400LCF
Orders and deliveries sortable, presorted by customer
Orders
747
-100 		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
-8 		747
-8F 		747
-E4A 		747
-E4B 		747
-SP 		Total PW GE RR
Aer Lingus 2 2 2
Aerolineas 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 Airlines 7 7 7
Airline of the Islamic Republic 1 2 4 7 7
Alitalia 2 9 1 5 17 5 12
All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. 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, Inc. 15 14 29 29
Avianca 1 1 1
Braniff Airlines 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 Airlines Internationa 2 16 14 32 2 19 11
Cathay Pacific Airways 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 Flugdienst 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 Israel Airlines 4 2 1 4 11 11
EVA Air 7 3 8 18 18
Flying Tiger 6 6 6
Garuda Indonesia 6 2 8 6 2
GECAS 1 2 5 8 8
Government of Japan 2 2 2
Iberia Airlines 2 6 1 9 9
International Lease Finance Co 3 14 3 1 21 19 2
Iraqi Airways 3 1 4 4
Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force 4 4 4
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 Royal Dutch Airlines 10 7 3 5 3 17 45 7 38
Korean Air 6 5 2 1 27 8 10 1 10 7 2 79 62 17
Kuwait Airways 4 1 5 4 1
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 Cargo 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 Airline 2 2 2
Pan Am World Airways 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
Saudi Arabian Airlines 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 International 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 2 4 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 Airlines 3 2 5 5
Virgin Atlantic Airways 9 9 9
Volga-Dnepr UK Ltd 6 6 6
Wardair 1 2 3 1 2
World Airways, Inc. 3 3 3
Total 167 9 29 229 13 73 74 56 21 4 442 19 6 40 126 61 48 107 3 1 45 1,573 734 640 199

Data through end of February 2021.

Civil operators[]

Original Operators - ♠

Boeing 747-100[]

Iran Air Boeing 747-100B

Boeing 747SP[]

Pan Am Boeing 747SP

Boeing 747-200[]

Civil Aviation Administration of China Boeing 747-200
Fars Air Qeshm Boeing 747-200F with its nose door opened

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[]

Air New Zealand Boeing 747-400
The Boeing 747-400 DQ-FJK (The Island of Vanua Levu) in 2013. The aircraft also served with Singapore airlines and Ansett Australia.
The Boeing 747-400 DQ-FJK (The Island of Vanua Levu) in 2013. The aircraft also served with Singapore airlines and Ansett Australia.

Boeing 747-8[]

Cargolux Boeing 747-8F

Military and government operators[]

Country Organisation Number of planes Modification of B747
Iran Imperial Iranian Air Force ♠, now Iran Air Force 16 1 B747-100, 1 B747-200M, 10 B747-100F, 4 B747-200F
Morocco Government of Morocco 2 1 B747-400, 1 B747-8I
Turkey Government of Turkey 1 B747-8I
Japan Government of Japan Japanese Air Force One♠ 2 B747-400
Saudi Arabia ♠ 2 1 B747-300, 1 B747-400
Brunei Brunei Government 1 B747-8I
United Arab Emirates Dubai Royal Air Wing 5 2 B747-400, 2 B747-400M, 1 B747-400F
Oman The Royal Flight Sultanate of Oman (RFO) 3 1 B747SP, 1 B747-400, 1 B747-8I
Qatar Qatar Amiri Flight 2 B747-8I
Kuwait State of Kuwait 1 B747-8I
 United States Advanced Airborne Command Post operated by United States Air Force ♠ 4 E-4B (B747-200B)
 United States Air Force One operated by United States Air Force ♠ 2 VC-25A (B747-200B)
 United States NASA Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy 1 B747SP

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 40
747-400ER October 31, 2002 Qantas July 30, 2003 Qantas 6
Total 747-400 Series: 694
747-8F October 12, 2011 Cargolux     95
747-8BBJ February 28, 2012 Govt. of Qatar     11
747-8I April 26, 2012 Lufthansa July 7, 2017 Korean Air 36
Total 747-8 Series: 142
Total Delivered (All series): 1,560
  • Boeing data through end of December 2020.[3]

References[]

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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.
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