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Boeing B-747

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1 STC list 20 Maintenance centres 6 Completions centres 8 ATO training organisations

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Specifications

Typical passenger capacity: 112
Range: 7,335 nm (full seats)
Cabin height: 8.25 ft
Cabin width: 20.08 ft
Cabin length: 187 ft
Cabin volume: 27,261 cu ft

Active fleet worldwide: 34
Available for charter worldwide: 4
Typical price: $2,840,000 to $558,000,000 pre-owned. $558,000,000 new.
Production dates: 1969 - 2022

Includes B-747SP and B-747 VIP

Engines: General Electric CF6-6/CF6-45/CF6-50 Series, General Electric GEnx Series, Pratt & Whitney JT9D Series, Pratt & Whitney PW4000 Series, Rolls-Royce RB211 Trent 500 Series

Variant types

	World fleet	Charter fleet	Typical pax	Cabin volume	Cruise	Range	Years
Boeing 747SP	7	0	331	20373 cu ft	491 kts		1969 - 1987
Boeing 747-300	2	0	565	30614 cu ft	491 kts		1969 - 1988
Boeing 747-400	12	3	400	27261 cu ft	491 kts		1969 - 2005
Boeing 747-200B	2	0	452	27261 cu ft	456 kts		1971 - 1987
Boeing 747-400M	2	1	224	27152 cu ft	491 kts		1989 - 2002
Boeing 747-8l	4	0	515	28827 cu ft	491 kts		2011 - 2017
Boeing BBJ747-8	4	0	14	28827 cu ft	495 kts		2011 - current
Boeing BBJ787-9	1	0	40	21630 cu ft	490 kts		2019 - current

Supplemental Type Certificates

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24/11/2023

EASA: 10052853. Interior Outfitting. This change describes the installation of a VIP interior including all associated components into a 747-8 “green aircraft”. Rev. 1: This revision is issued to remove the limitation to Aircraft Serial Number 37501.
Boeing 747-8l
STC holder: AMAC Aerospace Switzerland

Manufacturing data

For detailed information about the manufacture of this aircraft, please consult our sister publication Airframer: Boeing 747

Charter operators

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Maintenance centres

Canada	Avianor , Briggs Aero , Global Aviation Services , SkyTec Plane Care
Mexico	Aviation Integrated Services Group (AISG) , Saltillo Aircraft Maintenance
U.S.A.	Ascent Aviation Services , Aviation Technical Services , Certified Aviation Services (CAS) , Citadel Completions , Delta TechOps , FEAM Maintenance & Engineering , HAECO Americas , Hondo Aerospace , Jet Midwest Technik , NextGen Aviation Services , Pacific Aerospace Resources & Technologies , San Antonio Aerospace , STS Aviation Services , Unical MRO

Completions centres

U.S.A.

BaySys Technologies , Citadel Completions , Comlux Completion , Greenpoint Technologies , King Aerospace Commercial Corporation , L3Harris ISR Systems Waco

Type rating training providers

U.S.A.

Air Training Support , Atlas Air Training Center , Boeing Training & Flight Services , International Aviation Services , Kalitta Air , Pan Am Flight Academy , Simulator Center , Southcoast Simulation

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March 23, 2020

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March 25, 2019	AMAC contracts abound from Europe and beyond
January 15, 2019	AMAC books first BBJ MAX 9 completion
October 27, 2018	Jet Aviation gains FAA STC for ADS-B Out
November 9, 2015	Lufthansa Technik delivers first of three B747-8s
August 4, 2015	AMAC hands over first B747-8i vvip completion

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