How much aluminum does Boeing use?

The Boeing 747, the first wide-body commercial airliner ever produced and still selling strong, is composed of 147,000 pounds of aluminum—up to 75% of the plane's flyweight—and 110,000 pounds of titanium, as well as a small percentage of other aluminum and steel alloys.



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In contemporary times, aluminium's use in aviation has taken on more sophistication, but the bottom line advantage has remained the same, namely; lightweight, strength and resistance to corrosion. Indeed, the very popular Boeing 737 consists of 80% aluminium.

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Alcoa and The Boeing Company renewed their long-standing supply arrangement with a new deal that makes Alcoa the sole supplier of aluminum sheet for wing skins on Boaing aircraft, and places Alcoa plate products on every product platform across Boeing's commercial aircraft and defense, space and security systems.

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The Boeing 747, the first wide-body commercial airliner ever produced and still selling strong, is composed of 147,000 pounds of aluminum?up to 75% of the plane's flyweight?and 110,000 pounds of titanium, as well as a small percentage of other aluminum and steel alloys.

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Like the even bigger Airbus A380 (in the foreground), the 747 no longer meets the economic requirements of airlines that prefer long-haul, dual-engine aircraft such as the A350 or the Boeing 777 and 787. In the past year, there were only 20 or so outstanding orders for the 747, all of them for freight carriers.

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