Jun 22, 2021 · KLM kicked off its relationship with Boeing's iconic four-engine widebody by flying the 747-200 version. According to data from ch-aviation.com, KLM flew a total of 17 of these aircraft, which were split among three sub-variants themselves.

Mar 31, 2020 · Over the weekend, KLM performed its final commercial flight with a Boeing 747 aircraft. After 49 years of flying the skies, the company ended passenger operations with the jumbo following a flight from Mexico City.

March 15th, 2024, will mark three years since the very last Boeing 747 in KLM's stunning blue livery departed the Dutch flag carrier's primary hub at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) for good.

KLM's first Boeing 747-206B (PH-BUA "Mississippi") is parked at Gate B30 (now D Pier). KLM first introduced the 747 in February 1971 on the Amsterdam-New York route. Although the expanded Schiphol (1967) was a state-of-the-art facility, it was designed before Boeing announced the 747.

Apr 20, 2018 · KLM remains the sole operator of the 747-400M after EVA Air retired theirs in 2015. With their old age, these 747s will soon be retired as KLM continues taking delivery of newer and more efficient planes.

May 9, 2020 · Flying on the upper deck of a Boeing 747 is an amazing experience that's becoming hard to find. So we are republishing this review of a transatlantic flight upstairs on the Queen of the Skies.

It would be the very very last 747 flight in KLM history during the flightoperations of KLM. In view of the 90% decline in flights and anticipated future capacity, KLM previously decided in early March that it would phase out its remaining Boeing 747s in …

Jan 13, 2020 · According to several media reports, KLM will retire its 747s in 2021. We don't have a date yet for the phaseout, but we know the day of the final flight of a unique 747 model that KLM is the only airline flying in the world: a half-cargo, half-passenger hybrid known as the Combi.

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Aug 29, 2018 · KLM, on the last commercial operators of the Boeing 747, has denied to postpone retirement of the Queen of the Skies. More details on the KLM 747 retirement here including what aircraft has been ordered to take its place.