Our appreciation increased when we heard the news: This Boeing 747-400 passenger jet was going out of service. The flight from Amsterdam to New York’s JFK would be one of the last times the KLM ...

KLM launched the first iteration of the 747 — the 747-200 — in 1971, and it originally planned to retire the aircraft in 2021 on its 50th anniversary.

Meanwhile, the most commonly used aircraft on KLM’s Amsterdam to New York JFK route is the Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner, followed by the Boeing 777-200ER and the Airbus A330-200.

JetBlue Airways asked U.S. authorities to bar Dutch carrier KLM from John F. Kennedy International Airport if it loses access to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, a part of its recent European ...

SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images KLM’s 747-400 fleet peaked at 22, more than Air France’s 16. Air France retired the 747 passenger aircraft in 2015, when KLM still had most of its 747s.

JetBlue has asked the U.S. Department of Transportation to ban Dutch flag carrier KLM from John F. Kennedy International Airport over a controversial flight cap in the Netherlands.