Originally Posted by
WHBM
As the overseas carriers came out in the same database lookup, and as all (except JAL probably) ran their first 747 service to JFK, here are theirs as well.
LH 10-Mar-70
AF 20-Mar-70
JL 22-Apr-70
BA 22-Apr-70
AZ 13-May-70
IB 02-Oct-70
SN 19-Nov-70
EI 15-Dec-70
If memory serves me correctly, I believe KLM Royal Dutch was the first 747 operator at Houston Intercontinental which occurred the year I graduated from high school down near the NASA space center: 1971.
KLM was operating its service from IAH to AMS via an intermediate stop in Montreal at the time and the 747 replaced a DC-8 on the route. Curious if your database reflects a 1971 first delivery timeline to KL with regard to the 747......