Only a few of the greatest purchasers of the Boeing 747 were US airlines, and some still have them in service.

Some 55 years after the first commercial flight of the Boeing 747, four airlines still fly passenger versions, including ...

The airline's ability to offer frequent flights with high-capacity aircraft positions it as a leader in transatlantic travel.

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 was forced to turn back mid-transatlantic due to a faulty system indicator. However, the aircraft's ...

Only three airlines are operating scheduled passenger flights on the 55th anniversary of the 747's first revenue-generating ...

Carsten Spohr is the CEO of Lufthansa. It’s been one problem after another for Boeing since the start of the year. It all began when a panel fell off mid-flight from one of its aircraft flown by ...

The aircraft in question ... replace it with a smaller Boeing 777-300ER, which offers fewer seats but is more cost-efficient. Lufthansa, however, is retrofitting its 747 fleet with upgraded ...

These include the Boeing 747-400, Airbus A340-600 and Airbus A340-300 aircraft types. Compared to their predecessors, the new additions to the Lufthansa ... is 242 feet (73.8 meters) long and ...