UPS commits to purchase 14 additional Boeing 747-8F freighters and orders 4 new Boeing 767s
UPS today announced it has ordered 14 Boeing 747-8 cargo jets and four new Boeing 767 aircraft to provide additional capacity in response to...
Boeing to stop the production of its iconic 747, with last delivery in 2 years
Bloomberg journalist Julie Johnsson reports today that Boeing Co. is pulling the plug on its iconic 747 jumbo jet, ending a half-century run for...
Boeing Dreamlifter transports 1.5 million face masks for COVID-19 response
Partnered with Prisma Health, Atlas Air and Discommon Founder Neil Ferrier to bring 1.5 million medical face masks to healthcare professionals in South...
Virgin Atlantic cuts 3,150 jobs, retires Boeing 747-400 fleet, leaves London Gatwick
Virgin Atlantic has announced plans to reshape and resize its business to ensure that it is fit for the future, in response to the...
Cargo B Airlines Boeing 747 (OO-CBA) tailstrike on takeoff
On 27/10/2008 a Cargo B Airlines Boeing 747 (OO-CBA) performed flight BB3101 from Brussels to Sao Paulo via Dakar, during takeoff from Brussels Airport...
Saudia Cargo added a Boeing 747-400F freighter, bringing the total number to seven aircraft
The company said the new aircraft will boost the cargo and supply operations and help meet the significant surge on the demand for medicine,...
British Airways says goodbye to the first of its last Boeing 747 Jumbo jets
British Airways will tomorrow retire its first Boeing 747 since announcing last month that all 31 of its jumbo jets had sadly flown their...
Bahrain launches world’s largest eco-friendly underwater theme park, a Boeing 747 as its centrepiece
Early 2019, Bahrain announced the launch of the world’s largest underwater theme park. The operation to sink a Boeing 747 is currently underway. The huge...
Atlas Air Boeing 747-8F makes emergency landing in Miami after experiencing engine fire
An Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 cargo plane registered N859GT made an emergency landing in Miami after experiencing an engine fire shortly after takeoff. The...
Atlas Air purchases the last four Boeing 747-8 Freighters
Freighters to add additional capacity to meet growing e-commerce and express cargo demand
Order will complete production of the 747-8 in 2022Boeing and...
British Airways’ final Boeing 747s cleared for take-off from London Heathrow this week
British Airways’ last Heathrow-based Boeing 747s retire on the morning of Thursday 8 October
Social media users are invited to share their memories...
Corsair International says goodbye to the Queen of the Skies
15 June 2020 is an important date for the French commercial aviation industry. Corsair International said goodbye to its Boeing 747 operations on this...
Marking the retirement of the Boeing 747 from El Al service, this last flight has almost completed a “Sky Painting”
After 48 years of dedicated service, El Al is operating its final Boeing 747 service. About two hours into flight LY1747 from Rome Fiumicino,...
Air Belgium is expanding in cargo aircraft with fresh money from Hongyuan Group of China
In early December 2021, we announced that Air Belgium would launch Boeing 747-8 freighter operations in 2022. This development is taking place right now...
Qantas to give final 747 Jumbo Jet a farewell fit for a Queen in Australia
Qantas has announced a program of events to farewell its last remaining Boeing 747 and provide Australians the opportunity to say goodbye to the...
Corendon Boeing 747 has ‘landed’ in hotel garden
Aircraft will be converted into 5D aviation experience for the publicAfter a five-day mega transport from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Badhoevedorp, the Corendon Boeing...
United Airlines: Boeing 747 final flight will come close by end of 2017
United Airlines is accelerating the retirement of its Boeing 747 jumbo jets, saying its last flight on the “Queen of the Skies” will...
A legend celebrates its birthday: Boeing’s Jumbo Jet turns 50
On February 9th, 1969, the first Boeing 747-100 took off on its first official flight over Seattle
On April 26th, 1970, Lufthansa’s first...
The world’s largest business jet, a Qatar Amiri Boeing 747-8i, is for sale
In addition to a rare 40-year old Boeing 747SP (available for 9.5 million dollars), a virtually brand new Boeing 747-8i from the royal family...
Due to high demand, Lufthansa deploys the Boeing 747-8i and the Airbus A350 to Mallorca
Widebody aircraft to operate to Palma de Mallorca from both Frankfurt and Munich
First departure planned from Frankfurt on July 17 and on...