Dubbed the “Queen of the Skies”, the British Airways Boeing 747 was the plane of choice for long-haul flights for decades until the fleet was grounded in 2020. Now one of the few remaining 747s is being stored and maintained in the Vale of Glamorgan by aircraft disassembly firm, Ecube.
The company dismantled 18 of the retired aircrafts at its headquarters in St Athan and kept one intact on site as a heritage piece. But preserving the impressive jumbo jet is a costly exercise, said chief commercial officer Steven Taylor.
“It needs to be cleaned periodically to stop mould growing on the outside, and to prevent something as simple as keeping a smell out of the cabin you need to have constant airflow and you need a ground power unit to do that. That costs money,” said Steven.
