{"id":113833,"date":"2024-08-24T17:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-08-24T07:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simpleflying.com\/united-airlines-boeing-747-retirement-history\/"},"modified":"2024-08-24T17:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-08-24T07:00:12","slug":"when-why-did-united-airlines-retire-the-boeing-747","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=113833","title":{"rendered":"When & Why Did United Airlines Retire The Boeing 747?"},"content":{"rendered":"

After 47 years of operating flights with the Boeing 747<\/a>, United Airlines<\/a> retired the aircraft type from its fleet. With the retirement of its Boeing 747s, United was a few years ahead of other US airlines, as other carriers in this nation with the highest number of airports eventually ceased their operations with the Boeing 747. But why exactly did United Airlines retire the “Queen of the Skies<\/a>“? Let’s find out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To put it simply, the 747 was well past its prime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11046,4776,396,399,408,536,423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-747-history","category-747-retirement","category-aircraft","category-boeing-747","category-history","category-united-airlines","category-united-states"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t