British Airways has announced “with ... and could see straight ahead through the windows due to the curvature of the nose. This photo shows a BA 747 caught in a sand storm at Riyadh Airport ...

This year, there will be one passenger 747 take-off from the UK, against 31 four years ago. All were by British Airways (27 departures from Heathrow) and Virgin (four from Manchester and Gatwick).