In 2016, Air France conducted its final 747-passenger flight, while United Airlines operated its final flight in 2017. The same year, United's rival, Delta Air Lines, retired its 747 fleet for the ...

EVERETT, Wash. — Air China became the second airline Monday to take delivery of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental passenger jet, the U.S. jetmaker's newest and biggest version of its iconic ...

Air China's new Boeing 747-8 aircraft made its international debut on the Beijing-New York route arriving at JFK on Wednesday. The 13-hour flight will run once a day between Beijing and New York.

A Kalitta Air Boeing 747-400F aircraft. Eliyahu Yosef Parypa / Shutterstock.com ... A China Airlines Boeing 747-400 freighter and United Airlines 747-400. Louis Nastro/Reuters ...

Air China has taken delivery of the first of seven Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft, making it the first Asian carrier to introduce the type on international routes.

Though this may seem odd to those in the U.S. accustomed to our presidents making use of a dedicated fleet of planes with the call sign Air Force One, Xi travels aboard a Boeing 747-400 airplane ...

Air China will run the shortest 747 flight in 2025, with a two-hour, 667-mile journey between Beijing and Shanghai. According to data from OAG, ...

As Delta retires the last US-based 747, opportunities to fly on the famous plane are shrinking. ... Air China flies two variations of the 747: the -400, and the newer -8.

The Boeing Co. has locked in an order from Air China for five of its 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft. The plane, which is the passenger version of the 747-8 Freighter, is Boeing’s largest ...

Air China, whose order is the first for the Intercontinental since Korean Air signed for five in December 2009, is expected to deploy the aircraft on routes such as Beijing to the U.S. East Coast ...

China Airlines took delivery of its first 747-400 in 1990, going on to operate up to 15 examples in 2007. The aircraft had been a mainstay on the airline’s long-haul network, linking Taiwan with ...

China’s first Boeing 747-8. Photo: PRNewswire [Avionics Today 10-02-2014] Boeing has delivered China’s first new-generation Boeing jetliner, the 747-8, to Air China. In a statement released by ...