Experience a VIP flight on a Boeing 747-400 Combi traveling from London to Beijing. This aircraft, which previously served various governmental flights, has recently been activated after two years of ...

The Boeing 747 and its four engines once made it the airliner of choice for international flights. So how much fuel do those ...

But even Boeing now appears to concede that the 747 is not likely to continue to be an option that airlines want for passenger service. Instead, airlines have increasingly moved toward two-engine ...

In simple terms, the Airbus A380 typically achieves better fuel efficiency per seat mile than most variants of the Boeing 747, particularly the earlier 747-400. This is mainly due to the A380's newer ...

It became an icon of long-haul travel and exotic holidays; Boeing’s 747 could fly more people further than any plane before. BBC Future marks 50 years since it was first unveiled.

Why the 747 Is Such a Badass Plane; Boeing has delivered over 1,500 747s over the course of its existence, helping the aircraft serve some 5.9 billion customers, or 80 percent of the world's ...

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 ...

Boeing has already ended production of its 747-8 Intercontinental passenger version, and both it and previous 747 versions are an incredibly rare sight in the skies these days. Airlines had ...

- Boeing officially bids farewell to the original jumbo jet, the 747, as it makes its final commercial delivery of an aircraft that democratized flying and serves US presidents.

The four-engine "Queen of the Skies" will keep flying, but Boeing has built its last 747 jumbo jet, as airlines turn to more efficient two-engine models.

The plane known as “Queen of the Skies” helped make air travel more affordable, but it has been supplanted by smaller, more efficient aircraft. The first Boeing 747 at the plant in Washington ...