US legacy carriers end passenger Boeing 747 service by end of 2017

American Airlines operated 19 Boeing 747s of three variants before shifting most of the fleet to cargo and swapping aircraft with Pan Am for smaller types, while United Airlines received its first 747‑100 on June 26, 1970 and launched its inaugural commercial 747 flight from San Francisco to Honolulu on July 23, 1970. Delta Air Lines also ran two generations of the 747 after initially deeming the aircraft too large for its network.

United’s final international 747 flight flew from Seoul to San Francisco on October 29, 2017, and its last domestic 747 service operated from San Francisco to Honolulu on November 7, 2017 with over 300 passengers; by the end of 2017 all three legacy carriers had discontinued passenger 747 operations.