Today, with hindsight being 20/20, we know how the Boeing 747 revolutionized air travel. But that was anything but a sure thing back when it was still on the drawing board in the mid-1960s. Boeing ...

The 747 the Qataris may give Trump only flew 1,069 hours in the five years before it was put on the market in 2020, according to a brochure for the plane from AMAC Aerospace, which built its interior.

A Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, also known as the “Queen of the Skies” in the aviation industry, from the Qatar government is all set to potentially be US President Donald Trump 's new ...

As for the 747-8's cargo capacity, the aircraft can reportedly carry a payload of up to 308,000 pounds, or about 154 tons. As Boeing playfully points out, that's about 10,767 gold bars.

To assemble the wide-body (a 747-8 Intercontinental in the making), Boeing built the world’s biggest building. With a footprint of nearly 100 football fields, the plant, in Everett, near Seattle ...

Boeing was producing roughly one 747 every two months when it announced that the jet would be discontinued back in 2020. In 2022, the 747's final full year of production, only five were produced.

Boeing began deliveries of the 747-8 freighter a decade ago. The latest model is 18.3 feet longer than the 747-400 and accommodates four additional main-deck pallets and three lower-hold pallets.

The last Boeing 747 trundled out of the factory and was handed over to its new operators. It’s the end of an era. And it’s not. Some of the big birds will fly well past 2030. That means the ...

The Boeing 747 is no more, after a 54-year reign as the Queen of the Skies. It changed aviation as we know it, became an icon of travel, and garners adoration for the impact it made.

A Boeing 747-400, which was manufactured between 1989 and 2009, costs around $26,635 an hour to run. A Boeing 787-8, which is still produced today, costs $14,465 an hour to operate—45 percent ...

The 747 made the world smaller, encouraging and making it possible for more people to travel. And, in that way, it changed us fundamentally—as citizens of the planet and maybe even as a species.

Boeing delivers last 747 as fans celebrate plane that changed air travel February 1, 2023 4 min Boeing's final 747 during a delivery event at its plant in Everett, Wash. (David Ryder/Reuters) ...