When is the CI 747 retiring?

[kyle_yeung]

Anybody knows when is the CI B744 retiring? Wanna do an event for it as the farewell.

[CannedAviation]

I do not know actually. EVA Air retired its last passenger 747-400 on Monday, sadly.

[kyle_yeung]

It’s not very sad. Cuz I was on her back to Hong Kong from tai pei on Monday, and my friends at the airport spotting it.

[CannedAviation]

Well, it’s sad for me and us Community members because we really love the 747-400. They’re slowly dying everyday :(

EVA Air retires its last pax 747

Title says it all, the last flight was today from HKG to TPE, the end of an era that lasted 25 years, as they only got the 747 as recently as 1992. Sad to see the queen disappear, but context matters, and what was originally dubbed as a stop-gap measure for eventual supersonic flight, has become the icon of every major airline to have operated it. source/trip report about the last flight: https://thepointsguy.com/2017/08/farewell-to-the-queen-eva-air-747/

[kyle_yeung]

yes its really a pity, and a heavier pity for IF not having the EVA 744…

[Aussie_Wombat]

Should this be in #real-world-aviation,
Because if it should, I’m afraid you have to be Trust Level 2 (member) to post in #real-world-aviation.

[Dylan844r]

I flew on a BA 744 from London back to San Francisco

[kyle_yeung]

You know, the aircraft is actually quite good, though elder generations have to be retired…