The latest 747 to come from Boeing, the 747-8i, gave cargo airlines increased cargo capacity. A Boeing 747-8i at the Paris Air Show. Pascal Rossignol/Reuters ...

Cargolux, one of the largest all-747 cargo airlines, estimates that its 747-400F aircraft can fly 249,000 pounds of cargo, A Cargolux Boeing 747-400F aircraft. Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters ...

There's increased demand for used 747-400s, both retired passenger jets that can be converted into cargo carriers and old freighters stored in desert boneyards as fuel costs rose while air cargo ...

A drop in the global air-cargo business is hastening the decline of the 747 jumbo jet just as Boeing Co. is preparing to launch a new plane that could ultimately replace it. With its distinctive ...

PICTURE: Start-up Cargo B prepares to take first 747 By Victoria Moores 2007-08-16T11:11:00+01:00 Belgian cargo start-up Cargo B Airlines will take delivery of its first Boeing 747 in late August.

British Airways operates just 3 Boeing 747-8F cargo aircraft compared to 282 passenger jets. In the U.S. passenger airlines operate almost no cargo-only flights, and are now pivoting their capacity.

From small turboprops to cavernous 747 freighters, cargo planes are how you get the goods you want and need. Here’s how they look and work.

Chinese cargo start-up Jade Cargo International – a joint venture between China’s Shenzhen Airlines, German bank DEG and Lufthansa Cargo Airlines – has agreed to acquire six Boeing 747-400ER ...

How do airlines make money from cargo? Many passenger aircraft are equipped with vast holds, which often carry passengers' luggage. However, this space can also be used for the carriage of cargo.

U.S. passenger airlines stopped flying the 747 in 2017. The plane has been used as a freight aircraft for Atlas Air. MORE: End of an era as final Boeing 747 rolls off assembly line ...