Rolls Royce retires its iconic Boeing 747-200 testbed, N787RR, after nearly 20 years of groundbreaking engine trials, ...

The Boeing 747's design requirements, paired with the engine technology of the 1960s, meant the aircraft was designed with ...

There are 25,000 blue whales, an animal to which the jumbo jet is frequently compared, navigating the planet, but now only ...

The U.S. government and Qatar will finalize a deal next week for Qatar to give the U.S. Air Force a jet to be Air Force One.

Several thousand Boeing union workers at three St. Louis-area plants who build fighter jets are planning to go on strike ...

The last Boeing 747 trundled out of the factory and was handed over to its new operators. It’s the end of an era. And it’s not. Some of the big birds will fly well past 2030.

Qatar has gifted the US a $400 million Boeing 747 to serve as a temporary Air Force One, sparking controversy over ethics, ...

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

A decade later, Boeing’s main rival, Airbus, debuted the A380, which can carry more passengers than the 747. But Airbus struggled to sell the plane and announced the end of production in 2019.

It instead went on to serve Boeing as a dedicated test aircraft, first for the 747, and later for other Boeing jets such as the 757 and 777. By the time it retired in 1993, the airplane had ...

Boeing delivers last 747 as fans celebrate plane that changed air travel February 1, 2023 4 min Boeing's final 747 during a delivery event at its plant in Everett, Wash. (David Ryder/Reuters) ...