United Airline's Final Boeing 747 flight is today

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United Airline's Final Boeing 747 flight is today



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United Airlines will fly passengers on its Boeing 747 for the last time Tuesday.

The carrier is operating one last flight on the iconic jumbo jet, a specially scheduled “farewell” flight from San Francisco to Honolulu operating as United Flight 747. The flight will be United’s final passenger flight on the 747 before retiring the plane.

That will end the iconic plane’s 47-year run at United, which took its first version of the jet in 1970.

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The Final Delta 747 flight will occur on December 15 between Detroit and Seoul.



The Points Guy - Last Delta 747 flight

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Tuesday, both myself and TPG Editor-at-Large Zach Honig will be flying United’s last-ever commercial Boeing 747 flight from San Francisco (SFO) to Honolulu (HNL). While it’s sure to be a fun event, we’re both going to be sad when the flight, and United’s 47-year run with the 747, come to an end.

Now, Delta, the other major US carrier to operate 747s, has shared the dates on which it’ll operate its final flights on the Queen of the Skies. If you want to get on board, you’re going to have to make quite a trek — the final flights will be long-haul international routes, with the first departing the US from Detroit (DTW) bound for Seoul (ICN) on Friday, December 15. The final flight will depart from ICN and arrive in DTW on Sunday, December 17.

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Most 747-8 orders have been for the freighter version. Cathay Pacific and Lufthansa both have a fleet of the new 747-8i, but otherwise the passenger variants have been very slow selling. American based airlines seem to prefer the 777, 787, and even the new A350.