Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

Mach .84 with four General Electric CF6-80C2B1 engines. The 747-8 will also have the record of being the longest commercial ...

Rumors of an Allegris retrofit on Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8 widebody quadjet aircraft have been swirling for a little while now, with One Mile At A Time reporting on the topic last month.

With the production of the jumbo jet having now ceased, those looking to buy a 747 will have to do so on the second-hand market.

A "softball-size hole" was found in the Atlas Air Boeing 747-8 aircraft, which was on its way to Puerto Rico from Miami on Thursday night Natalia Senanayake is an Editorial Assistant, Lifestyle at ...

Boeing engineer and designer of the wings for the new 747-8 discusses how innovation resulted in the best fuel efficiency of any large passenger airplane in the sky today Vint Cerf of Google on ...

Airbus A340-600 The -600 variant of the venerable A340 was the longest commercial aircraft until 2010, when the Boeing 747-8 took that title — it's slightly longer than even the Airbus A380.

Meanwhile, Atlas Air operates a significant fleet of 747 freighters, including both the 747-400F and newer 747-8Fs. According ...

While many airlines around the world have stopped operating the 747, the freighter version remains one of the great ...

Only eleven global airlines currently use Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 aircraft but everything points to their days being ...

and there’s plenty of life left in these planes. In the coming months, the 747-8 variant will start to be refurbished with new first-class suites, Allegris business and a modern premium economy.