After spending nearly a billion dollars to freshen up its fleet of Boeing 747s, British Airways has announced they will likely never fly in revenue service again for the historic airline. BA was a big customer for the original Jumbo Jet and it had 28 of the 400 series. BA had hoped to gradually phase out the type over the next four years but the COVID pandemic ended that plan. “With much regret, we are proposing, subject to consultation, the immediate retirement of our Queen of the Skies, the 747-400,” the company said in a memo to staff reported by airlinegeeks. “We know there is speculation on social media and aviation websites, so we wanted to make our position clear.”
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