TAIPEI, Taiwan (KSNW) — China Airlines has placed ... offers the same payload as the 747 but with improved fuel efficiency and lower noise. In a statement, Boeing called the order an extension ...

The majority of the 155 Boeing 747-8s in service today are 747-8F cargo aircraft, with only 31 passenger variants operating for commercial airlines - Lufthansa, Korean Air, and Air China.

China Airlines has more than 80 aircraft in its fleet, including nine Boeing 777-200 freighters and eight 747-400, but has said it will gradually phase out the older quad-engine jumbo jets.

A gigantic financial gamble at the start, the 747 ... Air, China Air, Nigeria’s Arik Air, and Russia’s Transaero are the airlines that have bought it to carry passengers. Boeing spent $4 ...

China Airlines has announced an order for ten Airbus A350-1000 and 14 Boeing 777X aircraft ... A330-300s average 17.2 years ...

Air China operates a smaller fleet of seven (five 747-8s and two 747-400s), while Rossiya Airlines has just one remaining Boeing 747-400 in service. Despite their dwindling numbers in passenger ...

Several other countries operate 747 variants as VIP transport aircraft, like Turkey, Oman, and the US. The beloved Boeing 747 may have lost interest from airlines but it lives on as a popular ...

On its website, Air China announced that starting Tuesday, March 11, it would begin using a Boeing ... airlines use 747s anymore. Germany-based Lufthansa Airlines runs the majority of the 747 ...

The Boeing 747, bound for Los Angeles, crashes on a closed runway at Taipei’s international airport, killing 83 of the 179 people on board. May 25, 2002: China Airlines Flight 611 disaster The ...

Given the interoperability of the 777X with its current Boeing twin-engine freighters, China Airlines plans to renew its fleet with the new 777-8 Freighter, which offers 747-sized payload ...

A newly built Boeing ( NYSE: BA) 737 Max jet touched down in China on Monday, Reuters reported, citing flight-tracking data.

TAIPEI, May 8, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boeing [NYSE: BA] and China Airlines (CAL) today announced the carrier as the newest 777X customer with an order for 10 777-9 passenger and four 777-8 Freighter ...