Kalitta Air’s Boeing 747-400F N740CK, built in 1989, is the oldest active 747-400 freighter still flying in 2025. ... Malaysia Airlines operated this plane (as 9M-MHM) ...

Boeing 747s have been out of production for some time now due to better jets on the market. However, there are still a few airlines that use them.

Boeing’s bet was that an efficient aircraft with plenty of range would enable plenty of previously unserved city pairs to be flown profitably. The wager at arch-rival Airbus was different: think big.

The beloved Boeing 747 may have lost interest from airlines but it lives on as a popular executive transport aircraft. The mammoth 747 made its first commercial flight with Pan Am in 1970 ...

The last Boeing 747 trundled out of the factory and was handed over to its new operators. It’s the end of an era. And it’s not. Some of the big birds will fly well past 2030. That means the ...

The Boeing 747, known as the "Queen of the Skies," revolutionized air travel since its first flight in 1969. It's now mostly a cargo plane, and the last 747 just rolled off Boeing's production lines.

Boeing bid farewell to the iconic 747, delivering the final plane to Atlas Air on Tuesday afternoon and marking an end of an era when the first-ever "jumbo jet" ruled the skies.

While the 747 remains one of aviation's most beloved aircraft, its future has become a question of practicality. The supersonic dreams Boeing once bet on never materialized in a meaningful way.

Gottshall came to the 747 Classic models from the operations side before coming to Boeing. As a con- tract pilot for Japan Airlines, he transitioned from the McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 as a ...