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CollectionOfAtoms78 t1_izhhrl0 wrote

Reply to comment by zorbathegrate in Last Boeing 747 rolls off line after half a century of production by diacewrb

If they made this decision, it was not a recent one. Someone did the math months or years ago showing when it would no longer be profitable to continue producing these things.

I also believe there are newer plane innovations are in process of being implemented. Here is a video by Real Engineering that explains some of these ideas and their pros and cons.

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Mamalamadingdong t1_izhyrap wrote

The economics of very large planes just isn't really viable anymore. It is more profitable now to get smaller, very efficient planes to fly direct rather than having a hub model where small planes feed 1 big plane at a major airport which then flies to another big airport to feed a bunch of small planes.

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Shawnj2 t1_izi1yyz wrote

Yep the passenger version of the 747 has been out of production for years except for one-offs like the new versions of AF1.

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