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A Cargolux Boeing 747 cargo aircraft lands on January 5, 2015 at Payerne airport. The Boeing will carry solar-powered Solar Impulse 2 aircraft to Abu Dhabi where the attempt to fly around the world in stages using only solar energy will start on March 2015. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI (Photo credit should read FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)
Photographer: FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty ImagesTime is running out for Boeing Co.’s iconic 747 jumbo jetliner, the plane that brought global travel to the masses in the 1970s.
The storied 747 has fallen from favor in the modern airline industry as carriers turn to twin-engine aircraft that can fly farther and use less fuel, like Boeing’s own 777 or the Airbus A350. Sales of the cavernous freight model have waned as well, done in by an eight-year slump in global air shipping.