KLM says goodbye to the B747-400

On 25 October, KLM said goodbye to the B747-400 and with that ending of 49 years of passenger-flights with this iconic aircraft. The last two Jumbos arrived from Shanghai-Pudong. The first to land was PH-BFV, which arrived at Schiphol at 17:06 as KL894. The second and last KLM B747-400 landing took place at 21:09 when PH-BFW arrived as KL896.

Of course, it's not the real end of B747-operations in KLM-colors as the airline continues to fly three B747-400Fs that are operated by subsidiary Martinair.

In total KLM operated 42 passenger B747s; seventeen B747-200s, three B747-300s and 22 B747-400s.

Photo by Schiphol