The Great KLM 747 Thread
Jan 14, 2020, 1:40 pm
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Hm, good to know, so JFK is not the last scheduled one.
I am in 1A, which I was really happy with, as 1A on the last flight is really cool
But might need to revise my plans now.
Edit: I see the 747 is scheduled on both JFK and PBM on the 3rd, which suggests that they will still have 2 Queens. I guess they will be around for a little while more.
I am in 1A, which I was really happy with, as 1A on the last flight is really cool
But might need to revise my plans now.Edit: I see the 747 is scheduled on both JFK and PBM on the 3rd, which suggests that they will still have 2 Queens. I guess they will be around for a little while more.
Jan 14, 2020, 1:56 pm
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Haha... Not the last flight.....
Going to book the last PBM then too...
let's see what happens in the last weeks.
R u guys going to cancel.....?
Going to book the last PBM then too...
let's see what happens in the last weeks.
R u guys going to cancel.....?
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Jan 14, 2020, 2:17 pm
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I think so.. Pretty sure this JFK flight won't be the last then, and canceling is still free. Let's see what the new schedule tomorrow brings.
I think JFK is more likely to be the last flight though, due to it being a more prestigious route and of course due to the historical value of the route to NYC.
I think JFK is more likely to be the last flight though, due to it being a more prestigious route and of course due to the historical value of the route to NYC.
Jan 14, 2020, 2:36 pm
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Isn't a 21.30 red-eye flight not the most memorable though? If they applied the usual schedule it would be lights down for the most of it. What sort of schedules have previous final flights been? Not that they would necessairly schedule a convenient last flight but hey
Jan 14, 2020, 2:44 pm
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From the MD-11 it was Montreal. Early night flight with before-sunrise landing, does not seem very memorial either.
But if it's either PBM or JFK, neither of them has festive timings (although solid jetlag-timings). Better take the afternoon flight from JFK then.
But if it's either PBM or JFK, neither of them has festive timings (although solid jetlag-timings). Better take the afternoon flight from JFK then.
Jan 15, 2020, 1:37 am
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Award tickets are always full-flex, so you can just call them up to cancel them for a fee (25 bucks or something?).
Jan 15, 2020, 10:29 am
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If you cancel today, 24hr, no charge. Afterwards it is €50. Fyi
but....
the last flight of a KL747
probably will be on the same date day/month they received the first 747-100 and perhaps that will be a return from New York. (The received the first one in the winter of ‘71). First commercial service was to New York.
then KLM can truly say they have flown the 747 for 50 years.
but....
the last flight of a KL747
probably will be on the same date day/month they received the first 747-100 and perhaps that will be a return from New York. (The received the first one in the winter of ‘71). First commercial service was to New York.
then KLM can truly say they have flown the 747 for 50 years.
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Jan 15, 2020, 3:43 pm
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As an aside, back then a return AMS-JFK-AMS in F cost 3,776.-- Dutch guilders. In 1971 the average monthly gross paycheck was 1,080.-- guilders (720 guilders net).
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Jan 16, 2020, 12:45 am
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I flew JFK-AMS KL642 on Saturday, April 17th, 1971. Departure 6.30 p.m., arrival 7.25 a.m. PH-BUA "Mississippi". B747-206B, KLM's first. Delivered January 31st, 1971. First commercial flight was on Valentine's Day.
As an aside, back then a return AMS-JFK-AMS in F cost 3,776.-- Dutch guilders. In 1971 the average monthly gross paycheck was 1,080.-- guilders (720 guilders net).
Johan
As an aside, back then a return AMS-JFK-AMS in F cost 3,776.-- Dutch guilders. In 1971 the average monthly gross paycheck was 1,080.-- guilders (720 guilders net).
Johan
sadly I am to big to sit on my mother’s lap now but she would not mind a spring return in J from NYC to be on the last flight!
Jan 16, 2020, 9:24 am
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https://www.luchtvaartnieuws.nl/nieu...t-de-747-combi
according to this link last 747 flight will be in May 2021
according to this link last 747 flight will be in May 2021
Jan 16, 2020, 9:47 am
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