Alongside this, a handful of older Boeing 747-400s are also set to return to the skies, with a Lufthansa spokesperson telling Simple Flying, "We will also be bringing our eight 747-400s back into service for the next few years; staring in 2023, they will be successively replaced by the 777s once they are delivered."

Will the 747 come back?

Lufthansa seems to be back in the 747 game, operating its entire fleet of 19 747-8is and 8 747-400s. The older -400s will still remain in service until 2025, and will be replaced by newer Boeing 777-9s (if they are ever delivered on time).

Will there be another Boeing 747?

Boeing will no longer produce any more 747 jumbo jets after all pending orders are expected to be fulfilled later this year. The Queen of the skies has had a long and glorious production cycle spanning more than half a century, but that is set to end as the planemaker delivers the last unit in just a few months.