How much does a Boeing 747 Cost

Boeing’s published list prices in 2008, in millions of US dollars. Airlines negotiated substantial discounts from these figures.

Model	List price (US$m)
747-400 / -400ER	234.0 – 266.5
747-400 / -400ER Freighter	238.0 – 268.0
747-8	293.0 – 308.0
747-8 Freighter	301.5 – 304.5

Update

Those prices are historical. They were Boeing’s published list prices in 2008, and they are kept here as a record of what the aircraft was advertised at then.

Two things have changed since.

Boeing stopped publishing list prices. The company withdrew its price list because the figures had become meaningless — no airline paid them. Discounts from list were routinely very large, and the published numbers served mainly as a starting point for negotiation.

The aircraft is no longer for sale. Production ended on 31 January 2023 after 1,574 aircraft. A 747 can now only be bought second-hand, and what it costs depends almost entirely on airframe cycles, engine condition and whether it is a passenger aircraft or a freighter — freighters holding their value far better, because they still have work to do.

For what the aircraft actually cost to develop and build, and how it sold, see the 747 family.