For many 747-400 freighters, the cost of a major engine overhaul can exceed the market value of the airframe itself.

The type remains in service with a handful of cargo and passenger airlines.

On February 24, 1989, United Airlines Flight 811 suffered a violent decompression when a cargo door failure tore a massive hole in the side of a Boeing 747 over the Pacific. With oxygen systems ...

A decommissioned Boeing 747 is about to be suspended between two high-rise apartment buildings in downtown Seattle.

A United Airlines pilot has reached a position at the airline never before held by a woman, the airline announces in a ...

In the mid-1970s, Iran Air launched a non-stop New York-Tehran flight, which was discontinued in 1979 following the Iranian Revolution ...

China’s largest cargo airline flew into East Midlands Airport with its own aircraft for the first time earlier this week ...

As part of an ambitious development, a Boeing fuselage is being rebuilt between two Denny Triangle high-rises. “Nothing like this has ever been done before,” the senior project engineer says.

The new livery was applied in San Bernardino, California, making the Lufthansa Jumbo the sixth aircraft to bear the airline’s 100 Years design.

While freebies are rare on airplanes nowadays, these once-common trinkets are now a valuable collector's item, often carrying price tags in the triple digits.

SF Express is one of eight new cargo carriers that launched new operations through the East Midlands last year, and the flight operating into the transport hub this time is operated by its airline ...

Cathay Pacific has unveiled its latest 80th anniversary livery on a Boeing 777-300ER following the ‘lettuce leaf sandwich’ ...