Boeing 747s are back in demand as workhorses of global shipping
Was listening to Bloomberg Radio this morning and Tom Keene brought this up randomly...I was surprised to hear only ~1500 were ever built; seems like a low number for a plane that's been around since the 1970s.  One thing I have always wondered about tho is, where are the relatively short domestic route (2-3 hours) where a 500+ person 747 would make sense?  It's almost like airlines need the inverse for which this plane was made.  Same goes for the A380.