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 ...

UPS now has 41 747s in its fleet, including 28 of the 747-8F variant. [Courtesy: UPS Airlines] With the delivery of UPS’ (NYSE: UPS) final 747-8F order, Boeing (NYSE: BA) is closing in on the end of ...

The 'Queen of the Skies' no longer reigns supreme in the US market. Discover the surprising reasons behind the 747's decline.

More than half a century after the model first flew—changing aviation forever—final assembly of the last new Boeing 747 reportedly is near at the company’s factory in Everett, Washington. The left ...

Boeing's 747-8F has the market at the top of the new-build freighter market to itself while Airbus's A380F programme is in limbo, but the new Jumbo's early life faces a stiff headwind as the world's ...

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 ...

Saudi Airlines Cargo has acquired two Boeing 747-8F Freighters. This brings the total number of planes operated by the carrier to 15. “We are extremely excited to be taking delivery of our first two ...

A new Boeing 747-8F is pictured on the tarmac at UPS Worldport in Louisville as the crew prepares to depart on the aircraft's first revenue flight. Christopher Fryer The new Boeing freighters are the ...

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 ...

The decision by U.S. and European officials to certify Boeing's 747-8 Freighter means the aircraft now can begin commercial cargo flights. Kent was a senior managing editor at CNET News. A veteran of ...