The aircraft, B-2472, was carrying Zhao Leji, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress of the ...
After phasing out its fleet of Boeing 747-400 aircraft, Air India has now terminated the services of 27 pilots. The decision, however, has not gone down well with the senior commanders, all of whom ...
I made an attempt to fly on China’s former Air Force One - an Air China B747-400 (B-2472), which was used until 2020 and is ...
After a production run of more than 450 planes, The Boeing Co. has built its final 747-400 passenger jet. The last four planes still on the company's order books have been removed in a hush-hush deal ...
A decade after Boeing built the last passenger variant of the 747-400, more than half the delivered fleet remains in service in the airline role, but the retirement rate is beginning to build momentum ...
The Boeing 747 was first introduced to the world in 1969 and immediately became a major success. It turned the Seattle-based company into the world’s premier aircraft manufacturer. Throughout the ...
EVA Air retired the Boeing 747-400 passenger aircraft from its fleet on 21 August. Aircraft B-16411 operated its final service with flight BR892 on the Hong Kong-Taipei Taoyuan route, says the Star ...
Later this month, Cathay Pacific's 747 will fly from San Francisco to Hong Kong for the very last time. It's a story we're hearing from nearly every airline still flying the most recognizable ...
A Boeing aircraft in Indonesia caught fire upon take-off, forcing an emergency landing. The incident occurred on Wednesday at the Sultan Hasanuddin International Airport in the city of Makassar. Video ...
Not everyone was lucky enough to be born with a silver spoon in their mouth. Some drank oil instead of milk in their feeding bottle. The Sultan of Brunei is one such fortunate case. Once the richest ...
It was just a short trip across two streets, really. Except it involved one of the biggest passenger airliners in the world. There we were early Saturday morning — perhaps 200 aviation enthusiasts, ...