Range is 13,214 km (7.135 nm) with 420 passengers in 3 class configuration.
The Boeing 747-400 model first entered service in 1989 with Northwest Airlines.
Orders for the 747-400 as of August 2002 stood at 632 (of which 17 ER/ERF), of which 585 had been delivered.
In 2005 the 747-400 was used by: British airways (56), United Airlines (44),
Japan airlines (42), Lufthansa (30), Singapore airlines (27), Qantas
(24), Korean Air (24), ANA (23), Asiana (22), KLM (22),
Cathey Pacific (19), Thai (18), Malaysia airlines (17), Northwest
(16), Air France (16), Eva air (15), China airlines (15), Air India
(11), Air New Zealand (8), El Al (5), Saudi Arabian (5), Philipinne
airlines (4), Royal Air Maroc (1), ... for passenger transport.
In 2006 most of the more than 600 delivered Boeing 747-400 were still
in service, just some passenger aircraft being converted to
Freighters. The Boeing 747-400Freighter had been selling well in 2005.
The -400 externally resembles the -300, but it is a significantly
improved aircraft. It added 6ft(2m) wing tip entensions and 6ft(2m)
winglets, an all-new glass cockpit which dispensed with the need for a
flight engineer, tail fuel tanks, revised engines, an all-new interior,
and newer in-flight entertainment to the basic design of the -300
series.
Variants: 747-400, 747-400ER, 747-400 Freighter.
