British Airways has retired its fleet of Boeing 747 aircraft, effective immediately. After nearly five decades of service and millions of miles flown around the globe, BA announced with “great sadness” the final scheduled commercial service of ‘The Queen of the Skies’ aircraft. BA, which has 31 747-400 aircraft remaining in its fleet, blamed the ongoing and devasting impact the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the airline and the aviation sector, which is not predicted to recover to 2019 levels until 2023/24. The fuel-hungry aircraft were already slowly being phased out as part of BA’s commitment to becoming carbon net

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