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 Boeing 747, and any of its variants.

Airline operators

There were 441 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service as of December 2023, comprising 1 747-100s, 3 747SPs, 20 747-200s, 4 747-300s, 259 747-400s, and 154 747-8s.[1][better source needed] These aircraft are listed by airline operators 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 — — — — — 4 — — 4
Aerostan — — 3 — — — — — 3
Aerotranscargo — — — — — 6 — — 6
Air Atlanta Europe — — — — 3 3 — — 6
Air Atlanta Icelandic — — — — — 10 — — 10
Air Belgium — — — — — — — 3 3
Air China — — — — 3 — 7 — 10
Air China Cargo — — — — — 3 — — 3
AirBridgeCargo — — — — — 3 — 12 15
Asiana Airlines — — — — 1 10 — — 11
ASL Airlines Belgium — — — — — 5 — — 5
Atlas Air — — — — 5 35 — 9 49
Bahrain Royal Flight — — — — 2 — — — 2
Boeing — — — — — 4[d] — — 4
Brunei Government — — — — — — 1 — 1
Cargo Air Lines — — — — — 1 — — 1
Cargolux — — — — — 16 — 14 30
Cathay Pacific — — — — — 6 — 14 20
Challenge Airlines — — — — — 3 — — 3
China Airlines — — — — — 14 — — 14
China Central Longhao Airlines — — — — — 1 — — 1
Compass Cargo Airlines — — — — — 1 — — 1
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
Global Jet Isle of Man — — — — — — 1 — 1
Iran Air — — 1 — — — — — 1
Iranian Air Force 1 — 1 — — — — — 2
Kalitta Air — — — — — 24 — — 24
Kingdom Aircraft II LLC — — — — 1 — — — 1
Korean Air — — — — — 4 9 7 20
Korean Government — — — — — — 1 — 1
Las Vegas Sands Corporation — 1 — — — — — — 1
Lufthansa — — — — 8 — 19 — 27
Mahan Air — — — 1 2 — — — 3
Martinair — — — — — 4 — — 4
Max Air — — — — 3 — — — 3
Moroccan Government — — — — 1 — 1 — 2
My Freighter — — 1 — — — — — 1
National Airlines — — — — — 9 — — 9
Nippon Cargo Airlines — — — — — — — 8 8
One Air — — — — — 2 — — 2
Polar Air Cargo — — — — — — — 5 5
Pratt & Whitney — 2 — — — — — — 2
Qatar Airways Cargo — — — — — — — 2 2
Qatar Amiri Flight — — — — — — 2 — 2
Rolls-Royce North America — — 1 — — — — — 1
ROM Cargo Airlines — — — — — 2 — — 2
Rossiya Airlines — — — — 8 — — — 8
Royal Flight of Oman — — — — 1 — 1 — 2
Saha Airlines — — 1 — — — — — 1
Saudi Arabian Government — — — 1 1 — — — 2
SF Airlines — — — — — 3 — — 3
Silk Way West Airlines — — — — — 7 — 5 12
Singapore Airlines — — — — — 7 — — 7
Sky Lease Cargo — — — — — 2 — — 2
State of Kuwait — — — — — — 1 — 1
Stratolaunch — — — — 1 — — — 1
Suparna Airlines — — — — — 3 — — 3
Terra Avia — — — — 2 2 — — 4
Transaviaexport Cargo Airline — — — 1 — — — — 1
Turkey Government — — — — — — 1 — 1
UPS Airlines — — — — — 13 — 28 41
US Air Force — — 6 — — — 2 — 8
Western Global Airlines — — — — — 4 — — 4
Total 1 3 20 4 46 213 47 107 441

Data at December 2023.

  1. ^ Includes 747-300F and Combi
  2. ^ Includes 747-400 Combi
  3. ^ Includes 747-400ERF
  4. ^ 747-400LCF

Orders and deliveries

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
-8F 		747
-8I 		747
-E4A 		747
-E4B 		747
-SP 		Total PW GE RR
Aer Lingus 2 2 2
Aerolíneas 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 7 7 7
Alitalia 2 9 1 5 17 5 12
All Nippon Airways 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 15 14 29 29
Avianca 1 1 1
Braniff 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 2 16 14 32 2 19 11
Cathay Pacific 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 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 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 2 6 1 9 9
ILFC 3 14 3 1 21 19 2
Iran Air (Homa) 1 2 4 7 7
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 10 7 3 5 3 17 45 7 38
Korean Air 6 5 2 1 27 8 10 1 7 10 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 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 Airlines 2 2 2
Pan Am 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
Saudia 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 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 4 2 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 3 2 5 5
Virgin Atlantic 9 9 9
Volga-Dnepr UK Ltd 6 6 6
Wardair 1 2 3 1 2
World Airways 3 3 3
Total 167 9 29 229 13 73 74 56 21 4 442 19 6 40 126 61 107 48 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

Philippine Airlines 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

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 Government of Kingdom of 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 LoadAir Cargo (Cancelled)
Kalitta Air 		40
747-400ER October 31, 2002 Qantas July 30, 2003 Qantas 6
Total 747-400 Series: 694
747-8F October 12, 2011 Cargolux January 31, 2023  Atlas Air 107
747-8BBJ February 28, 2012 Govt. of Qatar November 6, 2021 Govt. of Egypt 12
747-8I April 26, 2012 Lufthansa July 7, 2017 Korean Air 36
Total 747-8 Series: 155
Total Delivered (All series): 1,573

See also

References

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