From kls Sun Mar 30 03:54:27 1997 Newsgroups: sci.aeronautics.airliners Path: bounce-back Date: 30 Mar 97 03:54:27 From: Chuanga@cris.com (H Andrew Chuang) Subject: Re: Boeing 747-400 References: Message-ID: Approved: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Sender: kls@ohare.Chicago.COM Organization: Concentric Internet Services In article , Lee Tze Yen wrote: >Does anyone know the latest figures for the airline having the largest fleet >of 747SP, 747-100, 747-200, 747-300 and 747-400???? (inclusive of >all-passenger version and Combi, but exclusive of Freighter models) Japan Airlines has the largest B747 fleet with around 90 planes including some freighters. British Airways is number two with some 60 planes. A few years ago, United had the largest 747SP fleet. I don't know which airline currently has the largest 747SP fleet. A quick guess is Taiwan's China Airlines (and its subsidiary, Mandarin) with four. With most airlines having their -100s retired, I believe British Airways currently has the largest -100 fleet with a total of 15 planes. All Nippon has a large fleet of 747SR (17?). For the -200, I believe Japan AL has the largest fleet (around 30?), but that also include some freighters. For the -300, it's Japan AL with 16. For the -400, it's Singapore Airlines with 36 passenger -400s in service plus one leased to China Airlines. Singapore also has the largest -400F fleet with 5 in the fleet with the sixth one coming on-line soon. British Airways and Japan Airlines both have over 30 -400s in their fleet, too. All the above numbers, other than the numbers on the -400, are either old or from the top of my head. Thus, corrections are welcome.