As the last remaining commercial 747 aircraft near retirement, it still represents one of the most iconic eras in American ...

Discover the untold story behind Boeing's 747 jumbo jet - from near failure to world record-breaking success, including the ...

To be clear, the plane was perfectly airworthy ...

The US Air Force has taken delivery of a former Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 that will have a very different second life from the ...

Through the heat haze, airplane tails rose from the desert. As I steered off the interstate toward Pinal Airpark, in Marana, Arizona, I got my first view of a corpse in full: a stark-white Boeing 747, ...

In the early 1970s, the U.S. Air Force, one of the largest air forces in the world, tasked Boeing with exploring an idea that sounded like pure science fiction: turning its brand-new 747 jumbo jet ...

The flight attendant to passenger seat ratio and number of exits apply.

GE Aerospace showed off its Boeing 747 "flying laboratory" in July. It's being used to test the engine of Boeing's future 777X.Carl Court/Getty Images Leading American manufacturer GE Aerospace is ...

For the first time since the Qatar-donated 747-8 entered presidential service as the Bridge Air Force One, the US president has traveled aboard one of the older Air Force One aircraft. The change ...

Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 The 747s will be used to update the long delayed Air Force One program. Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images The U.S. Air Force is purchasing two ...

The US president flies on Air Force One. Other world leaders in other countries also have their own official aircraft.

To meet rising demand during Dusshera season, Air India will operate Boeing 747 Jumbo aircraft on two main domestic routes from October 16 to 21.