UPS now has 41 747s in its fleet, including 28 of the 747-8F variant. [Courtesy: UPS Airlines] With the delivery of UPS’ (NYSE: UPS) final 747-8F order, Boeing (NYSE: BA) is closing in on the ...

Is it the end of the line for the Boeing 747 as a commercial passenger plane? It sure looks that way ... freighter aircraft for carriers like UPS. "Going forward, sales of the airplane will ...

Accident investigators have traced a fire that destroyed a UPS Boeing 747 in the United Arab Emirates ... there will be an average of six cargo plane crashes between now and 2021, with four ...

US freight carrier UPS' Boeing 747-400 which crashed while attempting an emergency return to Dubai had entered service just three years ago. The airframe, N571UP, had accumulated 9,977hr over a ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Pilots on board a UPS ... Boeing 747-400’s two-man crew was trying to return to Dubai’s main airport — the Middle East’s busiest — when the plane went ...

The Digital Flight Data Recorder (DFDR) from the UPS Boeing 747 – 400 cargo aircraft that crashed in Dubai last week was recovered on Tuesday, according to a newswire WAM report. The UAE General Civil ...

The FINANCIAL — Boeing and UPS on October 27 announced an order for 14 747-8 Freighters. The agreement also includes an option to purchase an additional 14 of the cargo airplanes, according to ...

Both UPS and the Boeing 747-400 have relatively good safety records, he added. Initially, Al Arabiya television had reported the plane had hit a busy highway, but later reports indicated it did ...