Earlier this year, when the CEO of United Airlines was put in front of a Senate panel and asked to defend his company's notably shoddy treatment of a passenger, Sen. Bill Nelson (D-FL) described his ...

For decades, the Boeing 747 has been a paragon of aviation. It was the world's first jumbo jet, and helped usher in the modern era of air travel. But its reign as "Queen of the Skies" will officially ...

David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images Boeing on Tuesday is delivering the last 747 jet ever made, handing over a freighter version of its iconic aircraft to Atlas Air. Thousands of current and former ...

SEATTLE, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Boeing (BA.N), opens new tab 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 ...

The last Boeing 747 to ever be built has changed hands in front of thousands of people who wanted to say goodbye to the iconic widebody plane. Customers, suppliers, celebrities, as well as current and ...

Boeing is delivering its final 747 jumbo jet on Tuesday after a ceremony at the company’s factory in Washington state. The jet has served as a cargo plane, a commercial aircraft capable of carrying ...

After 53 years and more than 1,570 planes, the last Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line in Washington state Tuesday evening, on its way to serve as a cargo plane. The once-groundbreaking jumbo jet ...

The Boeing 747 was a landmark in the history of commercial aviation, a "moonshot" project from the storied company that made long-distance travel affordable and accessible to the masses. Four jet ...

The last 747 jumbo jet to be built sits outside Boeing’s factory in Everett. (Boeing Photo) Boeing gave its iconic 747 jumbo jet a grand sendoff today, marking the end of a 55-year era for airplane ...

While Boeing 747 aircraft in passenger service are somewhat few and far between these days, examples of the older 747-200 variant are even more so.One particularly interesting example active in recent ...