![Boeing announces dramatic Q1 cancellations](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/747-2_1170.jpg)
A new Boeing report reveals a drastic drop in commercial and defence deliveries for the first quarter of 2020.
![Israel’s El Al ends Boeing 747 operations](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/el-al-747_1170.jpg)
After 48 years of active service with the Boeing's iconic jumbo jet, Israel's national airline El Al said goodbye to its 747 fleet with a special event.
![Tour company plans one final around-the-world charter with Qantas 747](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/BOEING-747-400ER-QANTAS-BNE-SEP12-RF-IMG_7163_1170.jpg)
Constellation Journeys is planning one final around-the-world charter with a Qantas Boeing 747 ahead of the type's withdrawal from service in 2020.
![Book review: Boeing 747 – Queen of the Skies](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/747-438_VH-OJU_SYDNEY_9JULY2016_SETH-JAWORSKI-5_1170-770x420.jpg)
Garry Shilson-Josling reviews Owen Zupp’s book "Boeing 747 - Queen of the Skies", a collection of stories about the iconic aircraft.
![Qantas schedules eight domestic Boeing 747 flights from Nov ’19 to Feb ’20](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/747-438_VH-OJS_SYDNEY_25APRIL2015_SETH-JAWORSKI-2_1170.jpg)
Qantas has scheduled the Boeing 747 on eight domestic services between November 2019 and February 2020 ahead of the type's withdrawal by the end of 2020.
![From the archives: Singapore Airlines farewells the 747](https://worldofaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/9v_spq_singapore_departure6_1170.jpg)
This story from the Australian Aviation archives comes from May 2012, when Geoffrey Thomas wrote on the retirement of the Boeing 747 at Singapore Airlines.