Where To Actually Spot The World's Last Passenger Boeing 747s

As older Boeing 747s continue to vanish from commercial service, plane spotters looking for the “last” passenger examples increasingly need a plan. Production began in 1968 and ran through the final 747-8I freighter in 2023, totaling 1,574 aircraft across variants. Today, the worldwide passenger fleet is reduced to four airlines: Lufthansa (25 aircraft), Air China (9), Korean Air (4) and Rossiya (6). Lufthansa offers spotters the best odds, with eight -400 variants and 17 -8s operated on select routes from Frankfurt (FRA). Likely sightings include Toronto, Vancouver, Bengaluru, Singapore, Boston and others.