The Boeing 747-8 is a rare model now, but not one that is set to leave our skies. The numbers still in the skies in today's active fleet paint a clear picture of how the model will remain in the skies ...

Aviation nuts know this plane as the Queen of the Skies, but the world at large has come to be familiar with it as the Boeing 747. It’s a wide-body flying machine with twin aisles (the first to use ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday it was acquiring two Boeing 747-8 jumbo jets for $400 million to establish a training and sustainment program for its future ...

Discover the surprising differences between the 747-400 and 747-8 models.

This could be the aviation equivalent of an automotive barn find: a brand-new, presumably fully furnished Boeing 747-8, commissioned and customized for royalty and abandoned for a full decade, has ...

Egypt bought an 11-year-old Boeing 747-8 from the planemaker and is modifying it for executive use. The jumbo jet is practically new, having only flown a handful of flights since being built in 2011.

A Boeing 747-8 cargo plane operated by Atlas Air made an emergency landing at Miami International Airport late Thursday after the plane suffered an engine malfunction minutes after taking off. File ...

The final 747 jumbo jet rolled out of Boeing’s Everett plant late Tuesday, marking a milestone for both the iconic airplane and the giant assembly plant that was built for the jet in the late 1960s.

LAS VEGAS—Boeing is setting up a “turnkey” service to acquire former passenger 747-8I Intercontinental aircraft and convert them into long-haul business jet and VIP transports with custom designed and ...

LONDON, June 20 (Reuters) - Airbus expects to sell at least 30 A380 superjumbos this year, a senior executive said on Wednesday while a counterpart at rival Boeing forecast strong middle eastern and ...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a new airworthiness directive (AD) on Jan. 25 requiring airplane flight manual (AFM) changes for Boeing 747-8, 747-8F and 777 after determining that ...