oldchinahand

Is a possible 22 months away (and probably longer) soon ?
In the airline business even a year is a long time.

lokijuh

Wikipedia + hearing about the "last flights" of 747's over the last 10 years by many airlines. In an article written last year CAPA indicated that there are "79 operators of 747s", and this list includes all of the cargo and charter operators, as well as airlines like SQ and CX that only have them in cargo service, so there can't be 77 RPT operators.

Off the top of my head, the main airlines I can think of that still operate scheduled passenger services using 747s include the list below, but there may be others, but not another 60.

Asia Pacific: Qantas, Thai, Lion Air (??), Asiana, Korean, Air China, China Airlines, Air India
Middle East: Kuwait, Mahan, Iran Air, Saudia, Iraqi Airlines, Others (??)
Europe: Virgin Atlantic, British Airways, Lufthansa, KLM, Rossiya,
Americas: none (??)
Africa: none (??)

markis10