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For decades, the Boeing 747 ruled global aviation. It defined long-haul travel, reshaped airline networks, and became the most recognisable aircraft ever built. But today, the passenger 747 is quietly disappearing, faster than most people realise.

Major airlines have already walked away. Four engines lost to twin-engine economics. Fuel costs, emissions rules, and brutal efficiency math made the decision inevitable. Yet while passenger airlines exited, cargo operators doubled down.

This is the real story of the 747’s endgame, when the last passenger flight will happen, why cargo 747s could fly into the 2050s, and how the Queen of the Skies avoided extinction by changing kingdoms.