===Design effort===Seven early customers, mainly British Airways, Cathay Pacific, KLM, Lufthansa, Northwest, Qantas, and Singapore Airlines, formed a consultative group to advise Boeing on the 747-400's design process.
Семь заказчиков — British Airways, Cathay Pacific, KLM, Lufthansa, Northwest, Qantas и Singapore Airlines, сформировали консультативную группу для участия в процессе проектирования нового самолёта.