Aviation Partners Boeing (APB) will begin flight tests of a winglet-equipped Boeing 737 Classic next month with supplemental type certification (STC) expected around mid-January. The first flight of ...

Japan Airlines has retired its last Boeing 747 Classic, 39 years after introducing the type. The last unit was a 747-300. The carrier introduced its first 747 Classic, a 747-100, in 1970. It still ...

Boeing is confident that it can convince almost all Boeing 747 VIP customers to buy the -8 varant of the jumbo. There are around 25 of the older variants of the 747 - including the -200, -300, -400 ...

Today will mark the final flight of JAL Group’s last classic jumbo jet, the 747. Today will mark the final flight of JAL Group’s last classic jumbo jet, the 747. The aircraft will fly with a 3-man ...

Boeing’s manufacturing plan for the 747-8 is based on skills honed while building more than 1,400 of the big widebodies over the past four decades. Still, a stretch of its fuselage and a redesign of ...

Unraveling the production history of the original jumbo jet.

If you ask many aviation fans about their favorite plane, many mention the Boeing 747, as it’s probably one of the most iconic airplanes in history. This jetliner fundamentally transformed ...