Japan Airlines retires its last 747 jumbo jet

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Data: 02.03.2011

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Japan Airlines retires its last 747 jumbo jet

Japan Airlines, once the largest operator of Boeing 747s, retired its last jumbo jets as it restructures operations in bankruptcy protection.

The final two 747-400s touched down at Tokyo's Narita airport today after flights from Honolulu and the Japanese city of Okinawa, the airline said in an e-mailed statement. The flights carried 679 passengers between them, it said.

JAL ended more than four decades of 747 operations as it focuses on smaller aircraft such as 767s and on-order 787 Dreamliners to pare operating costs. The Tokyo-based airline entered court protection last year after posting three losses in four years.

The carrier has owned a total 112 747s beginning with a 747-100 that was delivered in 1970, it said. The tally includes 44 747-400s. The airline was able to carry 568 passengers on 747-400s configured for domestic routes, it said.