Air France Boeing 747 fleet history

Air France became the European flag carrier of the 747, ordering 53 new-build examples across seventeen variants and flying the type for 46 years. The 747 was the aircraft that opened the Roissy-CDG era.

Air France introduced the 747-100 in 1970 (sixteen new-build -100s in its order table) and expanded through the -200 including the 747-200M Combi and a large 747-200F freighter force.

The new-build order table runs to 53 aircraft: 16 × 747-100, 2 × 747-200B, 11 × 747-200M, 10 × 747-200F, 7 × 747-400, 5 × 747-400F and 2 × 747-400ERF. With leased and second-hand frames, more than 70 747s served the airline.

Air France and Lufthansa chose the General Electric CF6 for their 747-400s, and Air France's freighters carried up to about 110 tonnes on main-deck and lower-lobe pallets.

Model	Notes
747-100	European launch fleet, from 1970
747-200B / -200M / -200F	Passenger, Combi and freighter versions
747-400 / -400F / -400ERF	Later passenger and freighter fleet

The last Air France passenger 747-400 flight was in January 2016; the freighter fleet was withdrawn later in the decade.