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British Airways retired his first Boeing 747 since announced that his 31 jumbo airplanes They had flown their last commercial flights.
the boeing 747-400, registration G-CIVD, left London Heathrow on Tuesday 18 August at 9 am local time with flight number BA9170E after more than 25 wonderful years of service.
The Boeing fleet 747 from British Airways is retreating at an accelerated pace as a result of the devastating impact that the pandemic Covid-19 has had in the airline and in the aviation sector, which is not expected to recover to the levels of 2019 until at least 2024.
Boeing data 747 de British Airways – G-CIVD
| Date of entry into service | 14 december 1994 |
| Retirement date | 19 August 2020 |
| Last flight | Last flight was to Lagos, on repatriation mission, the 18 april 2020 |
| Paintings he wore | Landor – ‘City of Coventry’
Last: Union Flag / Chatham Dockyard con logo oneworld |
| seating configuration | First: 14
Club: 52 World Traveller Plus: 36 World Traveller: 243 |
| Data and statistics (approximate) | Maximum speed: 565mph
takeoff speed: 180mph Length: 70.6m, Alto: 19.41m, Wingspan: 64.4m Weight: 184 tons, maximum takeoff weight 378 tons 4 motores x Rolls-Royce RB211-524 More of 115,276.8 flight hours 13,364 flights carried out and about 50 million miles |
The 747 has been an iconic part of the British Airways fleet for almost fifty years. In a moment, the airline operated 57 of these planes, with the first jumbo jet flight to New York in 1971.
British Airways estaba eliminando paulatinamente estos «aviones hambrientos de combustible» a medida que llegaban al final de su vida útil para ayudar a cumplir con el compromiso de la compañía de carbono para 2050. The airline has invested in new, modern long-haul aircraft, including six A350s and thirty-two 787, that are a 25% more fuel efficient than 747.
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Was this not the 747 that with the help of storm Ciara ? flew to 1327 KMs/H?
The route was from JFK TO LHR, and the flight lasted like 5 hours.
As you say it came to have the ONE World livery…
The data should be reviewed, but I think a couple 747s carried the oneWorld livery
Of course, I thought that only 1 I wore the painting of One world.
In any case, the G-CIVD, was the icon of the 747 deBA