Take the retirement of QantasLink’s Boeing 717 ... you can go up the stairs and sit in it. It’s a big people pleaser,” he said. As for the rest of the former Qantas 747 fleet, six 747-200s ...

The Il-86 was the Soviet Union’s ambitious answer to the Boeing 747, designed with innovative features like built-in boarding ...

If you've ever seen what looks like a beluga whale with wings on the runway — or better yet, flown in one — there's a good chance it was the Boeing 747, nicknamed the "Queen of the Skies." ...

A LUXURY Boeing 747 with a golden staircase and an enormous master bedroom has been crowned as the world's biggest private jet. The ultra posh jumbo jet, nicknamed the "Flying Mansion", cost a ...

Korean Air is once again flying the world's longest Boeing 747 flight. Airlines have been phasing out the massive jet in favor of more efficient widebodies. Just four global carriers still operate ...

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett, Washington, 50 years ago, onlookers were stunned. The aircraft before them, gleaming in the morning sunshine, was more than double the ...

The Boeing 747 program may have been officially ended by the planemaker, but the Queen of the Skies is still alive and well in the industry. Despite a dwindling number of commercial passenger ...