pan american world airways was the first airline to put the boeing 747 into u.s. domestic service.
pan american world airways was the first airline to put the boeing 747 into u.s. domestic service.
first airline to put the boeing 747 into u.s. domestic service?
pan american world airways
at the time of the opening of iah in 1969, domestic scheduled passenger airline flights were being operated by american airlines, braniff international airways, continental airlines, delta air lines, eastern air lines, national airlines and houston-based texas international airlines which had formerly operated as trans-texas airways. international flights at this time were being flown by pan american world airways with ten nonstop flights a week operated with boeing 707 jetliners to mexico city; klm royal dutch airlines operating douglas dc-8 jets four days a week to amsterdam via an intermediate stop in montreal; braniff international with boeing 727 services several times a week to panama city, panama; and aeronaves de mexico (now aeroméxico) flying douglas dc-9 jets to monterrey, guadalajara, puerto vallarta, acapulco and mexico city several days a week. texas international was also operating direct services to mexico at this time with douglas dc-9 jets to monterrey and convair 600 turboprop flights to tampico and veracruz. klm introduced boeing 747 services in 1971 and by 1974 air france was operating four nonstop boeing 747 flights a week to both paris and mexico city. also in 1974, continental, pan am, and national were operating mcdonnell douglas dc-10 wide body jetliners into iah while delta was flying lockheed l-1011 tristar wide body jets with both types being operated on respective domestic routes from the airport by these airlines; with national also operating boeing 747s on a miami-houston-los angeles routing.
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several airlines have retired their 747-400s from the trans-pacific market. remaining operators in 2014 included eva air, qantas, virgin atlantic, british airways and united. united's deployment of them also reflected a change in emphasis from asian hubs to domestic hubs. on january 11, 2017 united announced it would begin phasing out its 747-400s and made its last 747 flight on november 7 that year. delta airlines was the last us airline to operate the boeing 747, retiring the last of the 747-400 fleet it inherited from northwest airlines in december 2017. british airways, the largest passenger 747-400 operator, announced that they will be phasing out their 747-400 fleet in february 2024, british airways will replace its boeing 747-400s with the airbus a350-1000. lufthansa will be retiring their 747-400 fleet in 2025 as they are being replaced by the boeing 777x and the boeing 747-8i. klm will be retiring their 747-400 combi and passenger fleet in 2020 as they are being replaced by the boeing 777-300er, the boeing 787-10 dreamliner, and the airbus a350-900. however, klm announced it plans to retire its last boeing 747-400 by july 2021 instead of 2020 due to delivery delays for the airbus a350-900. qantas announced that they will be retiring their 747-400 fleet by the end of 2020 as they are being replaced by the airbus a380 and boeing 787-9 dreamliner.
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