A Boeing 727 cargo jet embarked on a final journey Thursday night — this time, not in the air or even rolling down a runway, but instead carefully hauled from Anchorage’s Merrill Field airport ...

EVERETT — Airplane mechanics in training at Everett Community College soon will be able to practice on a Boeing 727, thanks to a donation by FedEx. A FedEx Express 727 freighter will arrive on ...

FedEx Express is looking at acquiring and converting to freighters Boeing 737-300 or 757-200 passenger aircraft as it begins to ponder possible replacements for its large Boeing 727 fleet.

FedEx Corp. intends to replace its Boeing 727-200s with 757-200s during the coming decade -- if it can find enough of them, fast enough -- under a $2.6 billion program to buy and modify the aircraft.

On Wednesday morning, pretend passengers aboard a decommissioned 727 stumbled onto the tarmac at Spokane International Airport as more than a dozen emergency vehicles responded. They wheezed and ...