30 September 2018

Happy 50th Birthday 747!

Fifty years ago today, Boeing Commercial Airplanes rolled out the first 747-100 at Boeing's Everett, WA assembly plant, in front of its employees, airline representatives, dignitaries, and the media.

The initial 747-100 service to HNL, began with Pan American World Airways and United Airlines. Over the course of this past half-century, HNL has seen all the 747's variants transit through. Here are a list of airlines who used the 747 to serve HNL (and KOA):

Pan American World Airways
United Airlines
Trans World Airlines
Continental Airlines
The Hawaii Express
Braniff International Airlines
America West Airlines
American Airlines
Northwest Airlines
Delta Air Lines
World Airways (1st)
Kalitta Air * [as Pacific Air Cargo]
UPS Airlines *
FedEx
Atlas Air * [as Qantas Cargo]
Polar Air Cargo *
Transamerica Airlines [also as Trans International Airlines]
Flying Tigers Airlines
Evergreen International Airlines
Southern Air
Canadian Pacific Air (CP Air)
Wardair Canada
Qantas Airways * [seasonal]
Air New Zealand
Japan Airlines
All Nippon Airways
China Airlines
Air Siam
Korean Air * [seasonal]
Singapore Airlines


* Airlines currently 747s servicing HNL.

Military and government 747s:
US Air Force
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Republic of Korea Air Force
People's Republic of China [in Air China livery]
Qatar Amiri Flight * [VIP charter]
Saudi Arabian Airlines [VIP charter]
Royal Brunei Airlines [VIP charter]

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