The Boeing 747 is quite possibly the most iconic airplane in aviation history. Everyone knows what the 747 is, even if they ...

Boeing built the first 747 in 1968 and its production run would last until 2023, when the final airframe - a 747-8F freighter variant - rolled off the production line before its delivery to Atlas ...

The Boeing 747 first flew for the now-defunct Pan Am and TWA After 53 years of non-stop production, aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced the completion of the last unit of the 747 models, which ...

Boeing and Atlas Air Worldwide joined thousands of people to celebrate the delivery of the final 747 to Atlas, bringing to a close more than a half century of production. Paul Weatherman/Boeing ...

Boeing's Everett, Washington, facility has been the 747's production site since the plane's conception. Built in 1967 to produce the mammoth jet, it remains the world's largest manufacturing plant ...

The last 747 off of Boeing's assembly line will be delivered to Atlas Air for use as a freighter. Boeing "I'm going to miss it," said Andy. "I already miss it." ...

Boeing has said it will stop making its classic 747 plane and is eyeing steeper job cuts than those it has previously announced. The firm is also planning to slow production of many of its jets ...

The Airbus A380 costs a whopping $445.6 million, according to Airbus' most-recent price list, while the Boeing 747-8i goes for $418.4 million, according to Boeing.

Boeing had already transitioned its narrow body 717 and 737 plants to a moving production line when it decided to tackle the 747's system, which had been virtually unchanged for more than three ...

Boeing Co <BA.N> said on Wednesday it would slow production of its 747-8 jumbo jet by 23 percent to one per month starting in March, an effort to keep the production line running amid ...