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Postby Kelburn » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:10 pm

Does anyone know if any 747sp's are still flying commercially for passengers?
If so, what airlines?.
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Postby Jimmy » Tue Nov 28, 2006 4:54 pm

I'm prety sure qantas does but according to this list

I used to have a 744sp in fs9 in qantas colours..
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Postby Alex » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:30 pm

I know that a Saudi Arabian 747SP flew in and out of Innsbruck, whether they still do I'm not sure...

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Postby Zöltuger » Tue Nov 28, 2006 5:38 pm

according to wikipedia, 14 are still flying as of August, 2006. looks like VIP operators are the main operators. there are a couple of recent photos on airliners.net:

http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/1143138/L/ (Yemen Airways)
http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/1142594/L/ (United Arab Emirates (Dubai Air Wing))

Conflicting reports on when Qantas gave up their 2 SPs- sometime between in 1993 and 2004.
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Postby FlyingKiwi » Tue Nov 28, 2006 6:07 pm

I think Kinshasa Airways still have one flying passenger services in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There's also a VIP one owned by some religious figure in the USA, I think the company is registered as "Star Triple Seven".

Edit - Here they are:

http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/1012362/L/
http://www1.airliners.net/open.file/0968411/L/
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