Atlas Air is operating the last U.S.-based passenger-capable Boeing 747s, maintaining a small fleet of Boeing 747-400s fitted with passenger cabins for charter service.
Scheduled U.S. passenger service with the Boeing 747 effectively ended in 2017 when Delta Air Lines flew its final revenue passenger 747 on December 19, 2017, retiring the type from its scheduled network.
Boeing completed the final 747 production run on December 6, 2022, rolling the last Boeing 747-8 freighter, registration N863GT, out of its Everett line, and that aircraft entered service with Atlas Air soon after.
Today the Boeing 747 largely serves as freighters and on special charters, with Atlas Air the only U.S. carrier still operating passenger-configured 747s for charter customers while a few international airlines continue to fly the type.
This article is based on reporting from The Autopian.
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