The 747 has also become a rarer sight in passenger operations. The last 747s left passenger service with United Airlines and Delta in 2017, the last US operators of the type.

While Boeing 747 aircraft in passenger service are somewhat few and far between these days, examples of the older 747-200 ...

It has remained in service as a cargo plane, with the last and 1,574th, a model 747-8 Freighter, delivered to Atlas Air in Boeing’s hometown of Everett, Wash. Thousands of current and former ...

Still, production has ended after 55 years. The 747 was known for comfort, elegance, and service, all things that seem to have departed from the airline industry.

As Boeing assembles the first 747-8, the company is quietly celebrating the 40th anniversary of the first flight of the 747, which took place on Feb. 9, 1969.

The last Boeing 747 ever built left the company's widebody factory in Everett, Washington, in the night of December 6, 2022. The world-famous jumbo jet, dubbed by many as the “Queen of the ...

The final Boeing 747—a 747-8F—is being assembled in Everett. [Courtesy: Atlas Air Worldwide] More than half a century after the model first flew—changing aviation forever—final assembly of ...