The same, however, cannot be said of short-haul aircraft, which are designed for shorter flights. Therefore, by not using ...

Both the 747-400 and the 747-8 appear on this route, where flights usually take around three hours and are scheduled practically every hour. Moscow To Sochi - Rossiya Airlines 759.5 NM (1,406.6 km) ...

Boeing's 747SP is the runt of the litter, sitting at 184 feet, 9 inches long compared to the 747-100 (and the modernized 747-400), which was 231 feet, 10 inches long.

On August 3, 1970, Pan Am 747 “Clipper Victor,” lifted off from JFK for San Juan, carrying 359 passengers and 19 crew. Flight 299 was a “redeye,” one of the first regularly scheduled ...

The Boeing 747 gave a much bigger client base access to flying because of its size—it was 2.5 times bigger than the McDonnell Douglas DC-8 or Boeing’s own 707, and that changed the economics ...