Issue 293: A Great Way to Fly

Singapore Airlines farewells the 747

Singapore Airlines’ final 747-400 to be delivered, 9V-SPQ, left Singapore’s Changi Airport as flight SQ747 at 8.30 am after a series of celebratory events at Gate B7, Terminal 3.

The flight arrived in Hong Kong at 1320 before the aircraft operated return flight SQ748, which touched down in Singapore at 7.39 pm. The sold-out flights carried 375 passengers and 25 crew, including SIA’s first 747 pilot, retired Captain Kenneth Toft, now 75.