There are now only around 50 jumbo jets in active passenger service, more than half of which are in the Lufthansa fleet. Why ...

The 747-400 and 747-400ER have the largest range of the -400, with a capacity to fly between 7,285 and 7,585 nautical miles ...

On Monday, July 7th, 2025, a Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 experienced not one but two diversions with the 2nd resulting in a mayday. The series of unfortunate events took place near the end of a long ...

It will cost hundreds of millions of dollars to retrofit a Qatari luxury Boeing 747 jetliner to fly as the new Air Force One, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said.

The Qatari 747-8 on the runway at Palm Beach International Airport, where President Donald Trump toured it in February. [Shutterstock/Leonard Zhukovsky] It will likely cost hundreds of millions of ...

The head of Boeing’s defence business feels that the VC-25B presidential aircraft programme is on the right track and is unfazed by a US government decision to obtain a used Qatari 747-8 Boeing ...

Global freighter operations are navigating turbulent trade policies and geopolitical risks, balancing capacity cuts with long-term fleet investments. Air cargo has long been the invisible engine ...

As of May 2025, 48 Airbus A340s are still flying passengers commercially, with seven airlines keeping the quadjet alive.

Qatar's leader called its offer of a Boeing 747 to the US "a normal thing between allies" and denied trying to "buy influence" with the administration.

A Lufthansa flight last year went without a pilot for 10 minutes after the co-pilot fainted while he was alone in the cockpit, German news agency dpa reported.