The US president flies on Air Force One. World leaders in other countries also have their own official aircraft.

Not too long ago, jumbo jets were considered the flagship products of The Boeing Co. and top rival Airbus. The Boeing 747 is arguably the most iconic plane of all time, and last year it became the ...

Emirates has a good mind to add more jumbos to its current fleet, but will it consider Boeing 747-8? Courting Emirates This isn't the first time Emirates has received a proposal for the 747-8. Last ...

The Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747 are two of the most recognizable aircraft in the skies today, although their numbers are diminishing, and their era of being the most dominant widebody jets in the ...

A new generation of widebody jets like the Boeing 787 and 777, as well as the Airbus A330 and A350, is fast replacing aging ...

UPS’ order Thursday for 14 firm and 14 option Boeing 747-8Fs raises an interesting question: as the era of four engine commercial jetliners draws to a close, which of the two last survivors will die ...

Boeing Co. should be required by U.S. regulators to run passenger-evacuation tests on its new 747-8 Intercontinental since the jumbo jet can carry more people than its predecessor, rival Airbus SAS's ...

Today's 747-400 passenger fleet totals 482 aircraft operated by 32 airlines, with the largest single cluster being the 57 aircraft operated by British Airways from London Heathrow. A further 10 ...

Why buy a gigantic Airbus A380 or Boeing 747 when you can squeeze more seats into a smaller plane instead? The Boeing 747 is arguably the most iconic plane of all time, and last year it became the ...

Boeing has struggled to sustain the 747 program within a rough market for the jumbo. An anemic number of orders have ground down to virtually zero in the last year. However, in a recent report, an ...