Feeling nostalgic about 747s. Who’s have you flown?

Loran · Thu Dec 10, 2020 9:32 am

Just checked my statistics, 74 flights in total:

3 Flights: 747 SP (IR)
3 Flights: 747-100B(SR/SUD) (OX)
9 Flights: 747-200B (LH, UN)
2 Flights: 747-200B(M) (LH)
2 Flights: 747-300 (QF, UN)
2 Flights: 747-300(SCD) (W5)
38 Flights: 747-400 (LH, KE, TG, BA, OZ, QF, NZ, FJ)
5 Flights: 747-400(D) (NH)
1 Flights: 747-400(ER) (QF)
3 Flights: 747-400(M) (OZ, CA, BR)
6 Flights: 747-8i (LH)

Regards,
Loran

fallap · Thu Dec 10, 2020 11:57 am

Thai Airways: 747-400, one flight from Hong Kong to Bangkok, March 2011
KLM: 747-400M, one flight from Amsterdam to Nairobi, May 2012
Air France: 747-400, one (very long) flight from Paris to Mexico City, February 2013
Cathay Pacific: 747-400, one flight from Hong Kong to Beijing, March 2014 (I departed the next day from Beijing to Moscow, same day as the scheduled arrival of MH370!)
Lufthansa: 747-400, return flight from Frankfurt to Tehran, December 2017 & January 2018

So, six flights in total

Delta777Jet · Thu Dec 10, 2020 1:10 pm

TWA - Trans World Airlines 747-100
Lufthansa 747-200 / -400 / -8i
British Airways 747-400
Thai Airways 747-400
Singapore Airlines 747-400
United 747-SP
Air Canada 747-400
KLM 747-400

n729pa · Fri Dec 11, 2020 3:19 am

PA -200B N729PA. ...so now you know..
LHR-SFO first one

BA -100 G-AWNH ORD-LHR
PA -100A N751PA LHR-SEA
PA -200B N727PA SEA-LHR
PA -200B N730PA LHR-SEA
PA -100A N748PA SEA-LHR
QF -400 VH-OJQ LHR-HKG HKG-MEL
QF -400ER VH-OEH LHR-HKG
LH -400 D-ABVP TXL-FRA FRA-TXL
LH -400 D-ABVX TXL-FRA FRA-TXL

flyjay123 · Sat Dec 12, 2020 12:29 pm

NW
BA
NZ
QF
UA
Tower Air
PAL

BawliBooch · Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:15 pm

Air India (-200,-300M, -400)
Lufthansa (-400)
British Airways (-400)
Air Canada (-400M)
Korean (-300)
JAL (-200SR)

Iluvtofly · Sat Dec 12, 2020 2:36 pm

Air Canada
Canadian
American
Northwest
United
Tower Air
Qantas
Singapore
Cathay Pacific
British Airways
Virgin
Highland Express
Air France
Sabena
KLM
Swissair
Lufthansa

Over 400 flights in total on these airlines Series 100/200/300/400

DesertAir · Sat Dec 12, 2020 9:16 pm

PanAM. JFK-MIA
TWA SFO-JFK JFK-SFO
UA JFK-SFO

spacecadet · Sun Dec 13, 2020 2:51 am

747-100 on United, Continental and Northwest Orient
747-200 on PeoplExpress
747-400 on United, Northwest, ANA, JAL, British Airways
747-8i on Air China

I might be forgetting a couple. Some of these, especially the UA and NWO 741 flights and the ANA and JAL 744 flights, I did many times. I've flown a couple of interesting 747's, like one of the 400D's that ANA had converted for long range use. The 8i was also an interesting experience, though not all of that was because of the plane.

stratosphere · Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:58 am

NW 747-100/200/400 and UA 747-200

ytib · Sun Dec 13, 2020 6:26 pm

PA: LHR-JFK
TW: ORD-LHR
NZ: LAX-AKL-LAX
UA: DEN-LAX, LAX-DEN, DEN-SFO, ORD-LAX

blandy62 · Sun Dec 13, 2020 11:44 pm

747-100B/SR/SUD OX
747-200B GA, OX
747-300 OX
747-400 SQ, LH, MH, TG, UA, BA, CX, BR, CI, PR, CA, OZ, KE, DL,AI
747-400M KL, BR
747-400D NH
747-800i CA

klm617 · Mon Dec 14, 2020 12:25 am

n729pa wrote:
PA -200B N729PA. ...so now you know..
LHR-SFO first one

BA -100 G-AWNH ORD-LHR
PA -100A N751PA LHR-SEA
PA -200B N727PA SEA-LHR
PA -200B N730PA LHR-SEA
PA -100A N748PA SEA-LHR
QF -400 VH-OJQ LHR-HKG HKG-MEL
QF -400ER VH-OEH LHR-HKG
LH -400 D-ABVP TXL-FRA FRA-TXL
LH -400 D-ABVX TXL-FRA FRA-TXL

I flew on N652PA and N653PA Clipper Pacific Trader and Clipper Unity. JFK-FRA-JFK

tomgle · Mon Dec 14, 2020 10:19 pm

Unfortunately just one flight on a Lufthansa -400, D-ABVO, still glad I managed to do it though as it was the year before COVID.

debonair · Wed Dec 16, 2020 12:02 am

Only by remembering back the times I was surprised to find out that I actually logged some B747 flights on OrientThai, Thai and Lufthansa...

But one flight was very special, standing out - Northwest B747, a repatriation flight after 9/11bringing me home to Europe. Free upgrade to Business Class in Upper Deck and a memorial prayer in the back galley by the crew! Very emotional!

dotcomdesigner · Wed Dec 16, 2020 9:18 pm

I don't have a lot of 747 flights in my books, but the first one was somewhat of a rarity:

1978: DE* -200: SFO-FRA-SFO (fuel stop each way in MSP)
1982: LH -200: SFO-FRA-SFO
1983: UA -100: SFO-HNL (return on DC-10-10)
1984: LH -200: SFO-FRA-SFO
1993: LH -200: SFO-FRA (return on A340-200)

* Note in 1978, Condor's code was actually "DF"

airnorth · Wed Dec 16, 2020 11:00 pm

LH - 400 once only. Am hoping to get on their 800 retro bird, YT, hopefully J, or F!!

Lingon · Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:30 am

All in all eight take-offs (and landings) with two airlines, Thai Airways and Cathay Pacific. Two memories stand out - boarding via stairs at Don Muang (on the ground next to the plane you suddenly realize the SIZE of the thing) and a flight HKG-MNL with so few passengers that a Fokker F70 would have been more than needed.

CPHS · Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:19 pm

741 JL, AF
74L PA
742 KL, PK, CA, IB, AI, BA, GA
743 CX, SR, IB
744 BA, SA, TG, SQ, KL, VS, AF
748 LH

stratosphere · Thu Dec 17, 2020 6:37 pm

NW 747-100 HNL-MSP
NW 747-200 PHX-MSP
NW 747-400 MSP-PHX
UA 747-200 SFO-EWR

blandy62 · Fri Dec 18, 2020 6:12 am

Lingon wrote:
All in all eight take-offs (and landings) with two airlines, Thai Airways and Cathay Pacific. Two memories stand out - boarding via stairs at Don Muang (on the ground next to the plane you suddenly realize the SIZE of the thing) and a flight HKG-MNL with so few passengers that a Fokker F70 would have been more than needed.

I boarded a few time at DMK (well when it was still BKK) by the stairs too. You are right, that's really when you realised how huge that machine is

BubbleFrog · Fri Dec 18, 2020 11:56 am

Agreed. We deplaned a 744 once in LHR by the stairs.

MrHMSH · Sun Dec 20, 2020 7:24 pm

BA, SQ, MH, TG (all confirmed), likely UA, QF, NZ (was too young at the time and parents don't remember).

Ruddman · Mon Dec 21, 2020 1:40 am

Lufthansa 744 SIN-FRA-SIN.

I didn’t care what they say with statistics and all, there is something comforting about looking out over that big wing seeing 2 engines per side hanging off it.
Would’ve loved to have flown on the classic. Not to be.

DL7five7 · Mon Dec 21, 2020 6:52 am

I was lucky enough to fly on two BA 747-400s four years ago. At the time, I wasn’t into aviation, so I didn’t fully appreciate it. Now, I’m thankful for the experience.

tigerzhong13 · Mon Dec 21, 2020 3:08 pm

KE QF BA and perhaps NH (400D)

ACDC8 · Wed Dec 23, 2020 8:35 pm

B744 - BA, KL, LH
B743 - KL
B742 - BA, KL, LH

Ahlix1992 · Sat Dec 26, 2020 2:02 am

None yet but when this restrictions ease up the first thing I’m gonna do is get my first one, luckily it’s looking like LH and KE will keep theirs.

whatusaid · Mon Dec 28, 2020 8:30 am

UA, Lufthansa, Pan Am, BA, Cathay, Ana, Qf, Air Canada, Virgin Atlantic, Singapore, Japan.

Gr8Circle · Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:06 am

AI - Type: 200, 300, 400 / Class: 1st, Business and Economy
BA - Type: 400 / Class: Economy
LH: 400 / Class: Economy

AI: All three classes I flew in were reasonable and good considering the era that I flew them in....
BA: The economy seat was excellent.
LH: The economy seats were dreadful....I connected to an LH 340-600 right after the 747 flight and the difference was significant.

SmokinL1011 · Tue Dec 29, 2020 4:20 am

British Airways -100 or 200
EL AL -400
Lufthansa -100 or 200
Olympic -100 or 200
TWA -100 or 200

First 747 flight was with BA on 1st of January 1988. LHR-ORD and sat on the upper deck which was coach seating.

andz · Thu Dec 31, 2020 10:55 am

BubbleFrog wrote:
Agreed. We deplaned a 744 once in LHR by the stairs.

Deplaning out of the right hand side of the plane by stairs is somewhat unique, I have done it a couple of times at SID while flying SAA.

TYCOON · Thu Dec 31, 2020 12:43 pm

Pan Am -100
British Airways -200/-400
KLM -300/-400
Sabena -300
Lufthansa -400/-800
Swissair -300
Air France -200/-400
Iberia -200
Alitalia -200
Singapore -400
Malaysia -300
Qantas -400
Air New Zealand -200/-400
Korean Air -400

WrldTravlr65 · Thu Dec 31, 2020 3:55 pm

I was 6 years old. 1971. My first trip to see my grandparents in Connecticut. My parents, two brothers and I flew LAX to JFK on an American Airlines 747.
My most recent flight was on a British Airways 747 LAX to Heathrow.

ExpatVet · Thu Dec 31, 2020 9:17 pm

SV: 747-100, 200B, 300
PA: 747-100
BA: 747-100

20+ years in the middle east, one technical stop for fuel in newfoundland in the 80s- I'd never seen so many flaps hang out of a wing!

Still my favorite old bird.

PennPal · Fri Jan 08, 2021 5:26 pm

I've only had the pleasure of flying on one - a Pan Am example on the TPA-IAD route, 1982-ish...

TYWoolman · Fri Jan 08, 2021 10:06 pm

Korean Air
United

airportugal310 · Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:43 am

Not a single person here flew on a TP 747...granted they didn’t fly them very long either

PITingres · Sat Jan 09, 2021 3:08 pm

United and KLM, both -400's. United was LAX-SYD and back, in 1997, and KLM was JFK-AMS fairly recently.

The United flights were dire. Got a last minute upgrade to business on the KLM flight so it was rather nice.

My 747 experiences were better than my A380 experience, but I definitely prefer to fly on smaller airplanes.

lifecomm · Mon Jan 11, 2021 7:39 pm

1975 MSP-JFK - Northwest 747-100
1998 JFK-TLV - El Al 747-200 (?)

tigerzhong13 · Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:59 am

Just a few more details for my previous post.

QF HKG-SYD-HKG(multiple times) (VH-OJU -OEB -OEI -OEJ)
KE HKG-ICN-ORD, JFK-ICN
NH CTS-HND(NRT?)
BA HKG-LHR-HKG

All -400

dredgy · Tue Jan 12, 2021 11:19 am

A fair few not gonna bother listing them all

Lufthansa, Korean, China Airlines, Qantas, Air France, Thai, Air Maroc to name a few.

acavpics · Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:02 pm

Air India, British Airways, Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic, Kuwait Airways (Their one and only 744 - 9K-ADE)

OA260 · Wed Jan 13, 2021 11:13 pm

AF
AI
BA
IB
IR
KL
KU
LH
NW
OA
SA
UA
VS

Various types . 747-100/200/300/400 and B747SP

Tabito · Fri Jan 15, 2021 2:30 am

-100: JL
-100SR: JL, NH
-100SUD: JL
-200: AC, AF, AZ, BA, CA, CS, FJ, IB, JL, NH, NW, PK, PR
-300: AI, AN, CX, EG, JL, KE, MH, QF, RG, SN, SQ, SR, TG, UT
-300SR: JL
-400: AC, AF, AI, BA, BR, CI, CP, CX, GA, JL, KE, KL, LH, MH, NH, NW, NZ, OZ, QF, RG, TG, SA, SQ, UA
-400D: JL, NH
-SP: AA, CA, CI, IR, UA

upperdeckfan · Fri Jan 15, 2021 9:30 am

UA 200
AA 100/200
PA 100/200
AV 200
IB 300
BA 400
KL 400/400M
AF 200/400
LH 400/8

YVRLTN · Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:24 am

219B leased from NZ opb Airtours MAN - BGI return
481 NH LHR - NRT return
436 BA JNB - LHR & YVR - LHR return

So 7 flights total

zippyjet · Sun Jan 17, 2021 12:45 am

My only 747 for that matter wide body flights Tower Air JFK-MIA-JFK 1995

DeltaPSCFlyer · Sun Jan 17, 2021 3:51 pm

UA: -100, -200, -400 (Mostly SFO-HNL. Also LHR-SFO, LHR-IAD, IAD-FRA)
PA: -100 or -200. JFK-LHR
QF: -200 Combi (VH-ECB), -200. (LAX-LHR-SYD-MEL & SYD-PPT-LAX)
CO: -200? MEL-AKL & AKL-SYD

aacun · Mon Jan 18, 2021 12:53 am

EA
CX
JL

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