Virgin and British celebrated the last landing of their queens of the skies
Conceived of the 1960s, it held the world record for passenger capacity for more than 35 years, but [...]
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Conceived of the 1960s, it has maintained for over 35 years old the world record for the capacity of passengers carried, but now the Boeing 747 is preparing to say. farewell to the heavens.
Just in these weeks British Airways e Virgin Atlantic have issued a statement, followed by touching farewell videos, on their respective Facebook pages, the pickup of their 747s from operations has occurred in recent months, with these two flights the last Jumbos have reached their last stop before decommissioning.
To mark the occasion, Virgin Atlantic had organized a Farewell party complete with in-flight dinner and plane tour, you could taste a menu prepared for the occasion and have a chat with the pilots.
The event was held on December 12 and recorded the sold out, only 50 tickets available at a cost of 50 pounds.
The Facebook post with Virgin's thank-you video garnered more than 2,000 reactions, more than 200 comments and nearly 800 shares.
British Airways, on the other hand, said goodbye to its Jet a Heathrow, with one last ceremony performed with a farewell flight around the airport. It was then transported to St Athan, where aircraft are dismantled or scrapped after decommissioning.
The British company, however, decided to keep a Boeing 747 and to turn it into a museum, visitable from spring 2021, easily accessible from London.
It was more successful, though with a less exciting video, British Airways with almost 60,000 interactions, 3,000 comments and over 7,000 shares.
The most modern versions Will continue to ply the skies, but for the Jumbo Jet is the end of an era.
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