The New & Old Boeing 747

Lufthansa is celebrating the arrival of its latest Boeing 747, the 1,500th 747 ever built by U.S. jetmaker Boeing. The airline has affixed a special "1500th" logo to the jet to commemorate the milestone.

The jet – tail number D-ABYP – was officially handed over to Lufthansa on Saturday at Boeing's 747 assembly line facility in Everett, Wash. The carrier then flew the jet to its main base in Frankfurt, where the 1,500th 747 landed on Sunday at 9:17 a.m. local time.

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"It's an honor for Lufthansa that the anniversary jumbo will fly in the colors of the Lufthansa crane," Nico Buchholz, Head of Group Fleet Management for Lufthansa,says in a statement. "For decades, Lufthansa has been one of the aircraft manufacturer's closest advisers -- a pioneer when it comes to developing new, environmentally friendly and fuel-efficient aircraft."

The milestone 747 taken by Lufthansa is the 76th 747 to be taken by the carrier since Boeing began the aircraft line in the late 1960s. It's also the 14th of Boeing's newest model of the 747 – the 747-8 Intercontinental – to join Lufthansa's fleet. The German airline expects to take 19 "Dash-8s" in total, a figure that it says will make it "the world's largest operator of 747-8s among passenger airlines."

BOEING 747 PHOTO GALLERY

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Also browse the 747 chronology, take a quick look at the 747 Program important dates, read about the early versions of the 747.

Model	First Order	Rollout	First Flight	Certification	First Delivery	In Service	First Airline in service	Last Delivery
747-100/SR/B	04/13/66	09/30/68	02/09/69	12/30/69	12/13/69	01/21/70	Pan Am	9/86 Japan Air Lines
747-200	12/19/68	09/10/70	10/11/70	12/23/70	01/15/71	06/71	KLM	12/90 USAF
747-200F	03/03/69	11/23/71	11/30/71	03/07/72	03/10/72	04/19/72	Lufthansa	11/91 Nippon Cargo
747-200C	03/27/72	02/28/73	03/23/73	04/24/73	04/30/73	05/73	World Airways	9/88 Martinair
747SP	09/10/73	05/19/75	07/04/75	02/04/76	03/05/76	04/25/76	Pan Am	12/09/89 Abu Dhabi Govt. (UAE)
747-200M	04/08/74	10/30/74	11/18/74	03/07/75	03/07/75	03/07/75	Air Canada	12/09/89 - Abu Dhabi Govt. (UAE)
747-300M	06/11/80	01/14/83	02/14/83	03/05/83	03/05/83	03/83	Swissair	9/90 Sabena
747-300/SR	06/11/80	09/21/82	10/05/82	03/07/83	03/01/83 (to UTA)	03/28/83	Swissair	10/88 Japan Asia
747-400	10/22/85	01/26/88	04/29/88	01/10/89	01/26/89	02/09/89	Northwest
747-400M	04/09/86	03/23/89	06/30/89	01/10/89	09/01/89	09/89	KLM	04/10/02 KLM
747-400D	12/18/88	02/18/91	03/18/91	10/10/91	10/10/91	10/91	Japan Air Lines	12/95 All Nippon Airways
747-400F	09/13/89	03/08/93	05/04/93	10/22/93	11/17/93	11/17/93	Cargolux	5/7/09 Nippon Cargo Airlines
747-400ER	12/19/00	06/17/02	07/31/02	10/29/02	10/31/02	11/07/02	Qantas	7/30/03 Qantas
747-400ERF	04/17/01	09/05/02	09/02	10/16/02	10/17/02	10/02	Air France	11/10/09 LoadAir Cargo
747-8F	11/14/05	11/12/09	2/8/10	08/19/11	10/12/11	10/12/11	Cargolux
747-8	12/6/06	01/28/11	03/20/11	12/14/2012	4/25/2012		Lufthansa