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

With an average fleet age of a teenager, Qantas doesn’t get rid of aircraft too often. But when it does, other airlines and ...

UK route as it evolved from tiny biplanes hopping 31 stops to large jetliners soon flying nonstop.

Over 35 years ago, Captain David Massey-Green flew Qantas' first Boeing 747-400 nonstop from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport(SYD). Three senior Qantas captains ...

Qantas and Etihad, for instance ... Finally, there’s one more twist: one could argue that the final Boeing 747 has yet to enter service. Two new Boeing 747-8s are currently being modified ...

the Boeing 747. Over 49 years, from 1971 to 2020, Qantas operated 64 of the four-engine jets known as the “Queen of the Skies”. Two remain in Australia – at the Historical Aircraft ...

It was the first Jet Age aircraft bought by Qantas. The Boeing 747 cut flying time to less than a day in 1971. The famous 747 jumbo jet flew from Australia to London via a single stop in Singapore.