The world's longest Boeing 747 passenger flight will end as airlines phase out the iconic jet. See where it still flies.

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The world's longest Boeing 747 passenger flight will end as airlines phase out the iconic jet.  See where it still flies.

 

Korean Air is among the last airlines still flying the iconic Boeing 747, but it's scheduled to pull the jet from a particularly long US route in 2025.

Route scheduling data from the aviation analytics company Cirium shows Korean Air plans to stop flying the 747 on its 7,153-mile route from Seoul to Atlanta — the longest 747 passenger flight by distance — in March.  It will replace the 747 with the smaller Boeing 777-300ER, which has fewer seats on board.  [...]

 

https://www.yahoo.com/news/worlds-longest-boeing-747-passenger-103001419.html

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I flew this route a few times before Delta/Korean Air opened the direct flight from Detroit cutting two hours off the flight.  It was always nice sitting up on the upper deck of the 747 as it was so quiet up there.  I noticed Korean Air was also using A380s on this route, but I think those are being phased out as well.  The 747 certainly lasted a lot longer than the A380.  What is interesting now is Western carriers cannot fly over Russia anymore making these routes less profitable.

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4 hours ago, Dashinka said:

I flew this route a few times before Delta/Korean Air opened the direct flight from Detroit cutting two hours off the flight.  It was always nice sitting up on the upper deck of the 747 as it was so quiet up there.  I noticed Korean Air was also using A380s on this route, but I think those are being phased out as well.  The 747 certainly lasted a lot longer than the A380.  What is interesting now is Western carriers cannot fly over Russia anymore making these routes less profitable.

Very interesting.  Gracias.