Kalitta Air’s Boeing 747-400F N740CK, built in 1989, is the oldest active 747-400 freighter still flying in 2025.

Lufthansa, unlike almost every other airlne in the world, has been holding on to its old "jumbo jets." What's the reason, and ...

making this variant of the aircraft the most successful iteration of the jumbo jet ever. The 747-400 had significant upgrades over its immediate predecessor, ranging from a longer wingspan ...

At 76.25 meters long, the Boeing 747-8 was built even larger than the Airbus A380, at that point (and still to this day) the world's largest passenger aircraft as measured by onboard space. The ...

It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, ...

Ship 6301 served as the prototype for the 747-400 and made its first flight on April 29, 1988. Pratt & Whitney then used the aircraft as a test bed for its PW4000 series engines, which would power ...

The GEnx-2B engines are more efficient with fuel than previous Boeing aircraft and quieter ... transatlantic world record set by a 747-400. British Airways flight BA112, flying from New ...

The airline, a longtime operator of the Boeing 777 and 747-400 aircraft, will use the aircraft on long-haul flights to North America and Europe. It also has rights to purchase four additional 777 ...