The Boeing 747-8 is the final and largest variant of the 747 family. It was developed in two versions: the 747-8 Intercontinental (747-8I) for passenger operations and the 747-8F for cargo. The ...

Boeing has delivered to Atlas Air another 747-8 Freighter, leaving the airframer with just three undelivered 747-8Fs and bringing the jumbo jet’s 50-year-plus production run one step nearer to the end ...

The Port of Seattle launched a new cargo service out of Sea-Tac Airport on Friday and welcomed it with the dedication of a brand new Boeing 747-8F freighter. Russian-based AirBridgeCargo Airlines will ...

The final Boeing 747—a 747-8F—is being assembled in Everett. [Courtesy: Atlas Air Worldwide] More than half a century after the model first flew—changing aviation forever—final assembly of the last ...

For the last month and a half, Boeing has been investigating a serious buffet in the inboard flaps of the 747-8F, Flightglobal affiliate FlightBlogger reports. Turbulent air coming off of the outboard ...

Boeing recently rolled out one of the final Boeing 747s built, marking the end of an era for the iconic jumbo jet. The last 747s will be delivered to Atlas Air, a major cargo carrier. Over 1,570 ...

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The Russian cargo airline keeping Boeing’s 747 jumbo jet program alive flew a new 747-8 freighter plane Friday from the Everett plant where it was built to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, where ...

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After 54 years and 1,574 aircraft, the last of the original ‘jumbo jet’ series left Boeing’s Everett, Wash., production plant, preparing for an early 2023 delivery. Boeing Commercial Airplanes ...

November 16, 2005 Looking like a gigantic prop from an Arabian Nights film, Boeing’s new 747-8 Intercontinental passenger airplane and the 747-8 Freighter airplane took a bow before the world’s media ...