British Airways is providing a well-deserved retirement to five Boeing 747-400s, who are 23 years old on average.

While the COVID-19 pandemic has already forced the British national company to park five Jumbo jets in Teruel in Spain and all of its Airbus A380s except one in Châteauroux, five 747-400 will retire. The G-CVIL was to join Kemble this April 14, 2020, and the G-CIVJ will do the same tomorrow. Thursday, it will be the turn of the C-CIVK and G-CIVN, and Friday at the CG-CIVH dressed in the Oneworld livery. According to Jethros.org.uk, all will be disassembled and their parts sold on the second-hand market.

Two different configurations have been chosen for the British Airways 747-400: 14 seats in Premiere, 86 in Business class, 30 in Premium and 185 in Economy (275 seats), and 14 + 52 + 36 + 235 (337 seats).









British Airways‘ 31 Jumbo Jets (making it the world’s leading operator to date) have been grounded since March, but three were still spotted on radar screens last week; The exit of the mythical aircraft fleet is a priori planned in 2024 but should be accelerated, a choice already implemented by KLM and Qantas.