To Revive Air Travel During The Pandemic, Bring Back 747s And A380s, With Federal Subsidy To Help - Video To Help Revive Air Travel During The Pandemic, Bring Back Boeing 747s And A380s, With Federal Subsidy To Help A recent photo of a fully-loaded United Airlines flight, with a report that my favorite airline promised to leave the middle seats unoccupied, started this idea I'm presenting. The Federal Government under the Trump Administration should order the production and use of 747-8 aircraft for the major American airlines that just retired them, and then pay the operating cost. The airlines would be under orders to sell just 50 percent of the seat capacity in order to maintain social distancing practices until a medicine is created that gets rid of the Coronavirus. But, even with a 50 percent rate, that comes to 208 passengers for the 747, and for the A380 that comes to 426 passengers. By contrast a fully-loaded every-seat-filled United Airlines 737-900 can fit 200 passeng