but double-decker passenger airplanes — the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 — are still some of the most popular aircraft around.

The world's shortest 747 route measures just 579 NM, but the longest route is more than 10 times that, or 6,198 NM, to be ...

Korean Air has stolen the crown for the world’s longest current Boeing 747 scheduled passenger route from German carrier ...

It might be surprising to know that the Air Force's VC-25A "Air Force One" (AFO) and the Boeing 747-200B jumbo jet (the base level aircraft that the VC-25A is derived from) do not have as much in ...

While many airlines around the world have stopped operating the 747, the freighter version remains one of the great ...

Meanwhile, Atlas Air operates a significant fleet of 747 freighters, including both the 747-400F and newer 747-8Fs. According ...

“I thought it was a wonderful aircraft. There is no comparison,” says ANA’s chief executive officer, Osamu Shinobe, of the decision to drop the 747. “I feel so sad to see its retirement.

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett, Washington, 50 years ago, onlookers were stunned. The aircraft before them, gleaming in the morning sunshine, was more than double the ...

Jumbostay has been on the tarmac of Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, since 2009. The plane was built in 1976, and was was last operated by Transjet, a Swedish airline that went bankrupt in 2002.

The 747 looms large over the entrance gate to Delta's Flight Museum. The museum is housed in a pair of historic hangars at Delta Air Lines headquarters on the northern edge of Atlanta's airport.

Boeing gave its iconic 747 jumbo jet a grand sendoff today, marking the end of a 55-year era for airplane manufacturing but vowing that the “Queen of the Skies” will… Read More Boeing pays ...