Queen of the Skies: Boeing’s iconic jumbo B747 set to fly off into history
The iconic jumbo B747, also called the ‘Queen of the Skies’, is set to fly off into history when Boeing delivers the last such plane to Atlas Air from its Everett manufacturing facility in Washington on February 1.
The US aircraft maker had rolled out the first B747-100 plane on September 30, 1968, while the first 747 entered service on launch customer Pan Am Airlines’ New YorkLondon route on January 21, 1970.
In March 1993, the aircraft maker brought out the cargo version of the plane.
However, in July 2020, after running the iconic jumbo aircraft programme for nearly 52 years, the aircraft maker announced it will end production of the ‘Queen of the Skies’ by the end of 2022 due to market preference.
