Considered to compete directly with the Airbus A380, the Boeing 747-9 was conceived as a way to stretch the full upper deck ...

But one airline that still proudly operates the 747-400 on its international routes is Lufthansa. The German flag carrier has ...

T he Boeing 747 is one of the most recognizable aircraft ever, with a second deck at the front of its fuselage and four ...

While modern commercial aircraft can be hard to tell apart, there's no mistaking the majestic shape of the Boeing 747. Its distinctive hump containing the cockpit and a second-floor seating area ahead ...

Elsewhere in the jet, Boeing did its best to preserve common hardware wherever physics allowed, and enlarging the vertical stabilizer was one of the most notable changes. In the final iteration of its ...

Boeing's very first jetliner, the 707, began commercial flights in 1958. A scant 10 years later, the demand for air travel was so great that Boeing unveiled its new 747 to the world, which held more ...