From long-haul icon to short-range specialist, the 747-100SR broke the mold. Uncover the secrets of this aviation anomaly.

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

Indeed, it gave airlines the range and seating capacity they needed, but the scale and four-engine layout also made it costly ...

However, it also allowed Boeing to preserve more seating and cargo space on the main deck. Eventually, the upper deck became a location for first-class passengers, and Boeing retained the look of the ...

In the early 1970s, the U.S. Air Force, one of the largest air forces in the world, tasked Boeing with exploring an idea that sounded like pure science fiction: turning its brand-new 747 jumbo jet ...

Hefty Bee, a Boeing 747 used by Rolls-Royce as a flying laboratory, was retired in July 2025. AeroTime takes a look at the ...

Airlines have been phasing out the massive jet in favor of more efficient widebodies. Just four global carriers still operate the 747 in 2025. Korean Air won't stop flying the world's longest Boeing ...

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 ...

Future presidents will have a new set of wings. The presidential motorcade waits alongside Air Force One at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, Thursday, May 15, 2014. John Minchillo/AP ...

There has been a long history of presidential aircrafts, starting with FDR's amphibious RD-2 and leading all the way up to the current Boeing 747-200. However, ever since the USAF chose the 747-8 to ...