The Boeing 747-400 was the definitive, best-selling variant of Boeing's iconic double-decker, jumbo jet. On the other hand, ...

One iconic plane, three very different engines. Unravel the mystery of the 747-400's multi-engine design and the strategic ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Safety regulators have instructed operators of certain Israel Aerospace Industries converted Boeing 747-400 freighters to ...

Friday’s news that British Airways will retire all of its remaining 747s came as a heavy blow both to fans of classic airplanes as well as a good number of frequent flyers who had come to love its ...

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 ...

The U.S. Forest Service has contracted to use it again this year. The aircraft is stationed at McClellan Air Force Base outside Sacramento, and the Forest Service is just waiting on a software upgrade ...

On Wednesday, Qantas announced that it will retire the remaining six Boeing 747s in its fleet by 2020. The announcement comes at the at the same time the Australian airline confirmed the purchase of ...

A Boeing aircraft in Indonesia caught fire upon take-off, forcing an emergency landing. The incident occurred on Wednesday at the Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in the city of Makassar. Video ...