Lufthansa’s Boeing 747 era is not ending in 2027, but its oldest chapter is. The airline expects its final eight Boeing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. This particular plane was the first Boeing ...

The Boeing 747-400 is almost a textbook example of a “heavy” aircraft. Boasting a maximum takeoff weight (MTOW) of up to 875,000 pounds (396,890 kg), it sits well above the 300,000-pound (136,078 kg) ...

It was just a short trip across two streets, really. Except it involved one of the biggest passenger airliners in the world. There we were early Saturday morning — perhaps 200 aviation enthusiasts, ...

A decade after Boeing built the last passenger variant of the 747-400, more than half the delivered fleet remains in service in the airline role, but the retirement rate is beginning to build momentum ...

The Boeing 747 was first introduced to the world in 1969 and immediately became a major success. It turned the Seattle-based company into the world’s premier aircraft manufacturer. Throughout the ...

An Atlas Air Boeing 747-400 on “a military passenger charter flight” for the U.S. Defense Department’s (DoD) landed for the first time at the Polish airport of Poznan. An Atlas Air B747, operating for ...

After a production run of more than 450 planes, The Boeing Co. has built its final 747-400 passenger jet. The last four planes still on the company's order books have been removed in a hush-hush deal ...

Later this month, Cathay Pacific's 747 will fly from San Francisco to Hong Kong for the very last time. It's a story we're hearing from nearly every airline still flying the most recognizable ...