"Total deliveries of the 747 have added up to 1,548 planes in half a century of production, and [[Boeing]] estimates that **during those five decades the planes carried 5.9 billion people, the equivalent of about 75 percent of the world’s population**." ([Location 2386](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B08SGC3TD3&location=2386)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[aviation]], [[globalisation]] **Source** -- [[202412030828 - B - How the World Really Works]]