Boeing 747

The U.S. Air Force has officially received the Qatar-gifted Boeing 747-8i, which is now set to enter service in the coming weeks.

Earlier this year, Lufthansa announced an acceleration in its ongoing fleet retirement that will change its efficiency profile in terms of carbon emissions, but by how much?

The two Boeing 747-200s that have served as presidential transport will both be retired in 2029 as long-awaited replacements should come into service.

The Boeing 747 donated by the government of Qatar to serve as a future Air Force One for President Trump has begun flight testing, the U.S. Air Force confirms.

Sierra Nevada Co. begins modification and testing on 747s that will fly nuclear command and control for the next 50 years.

The U.S. Air Force and Boeing are in a strong place to turn around the VC-25B future “Air Force One” program.

Hypersonic test company Stratolaunch has completed back-to-back launches of two Mach 5-plus, rocket-powered Talon-A vehicles from two different carrier aircraft in the space of just fourteen days.

Insufficient crew coordination in an Air Atlanta Icelandic 747-467F cockpit led to a stall warning at takeoff and a tail strike in 2023, investigators say.

The USAF is buying two Boeing 747-8is from Lufthansa for training and spares as part of the delayed program to replace the current VC-25A “Air Force One” fleet.

The captive-carry Talon campaigns should clear Stratolaunch’s Boeing 747 and Roc for a double hypersonic test attempt in early 2026.

A preliminary report into the fatal runway excursion of an AirACT 747-400F in Hong Kong points to asymmetric thrust during landing as a key factor.

More than half of the region’s MRO demand over the next decade will come from engine services.

Authorities have recovered most of the AirACT 747-400 converted freighter that overran the runway at Hong Kong International Airport in the early hours of Oct. 20, leaving two ground personnel dead.

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is set to begin codesharing on cargo flights with Nippon Cargo Airlines (NCA), the carrier recently purchased by ANA’s parent company.

Our roundup of the main aerospace and defense stories making the news this week.

The global fleet of Boeing 747 freighters fell by one aircraft on Oct. 20 after the hull loss of a former passenger 747-400, and the number of converted 747Fs is set to fall further.

A Boeing 747 freighter operated by AirACT skidded off the runway while landing at Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) and crashed over a sea wall, hitting a ground vehicle on its way.

Boeing is setting up a service to acquire former passenger 747-8I Intercontinental aircraft and convert them into long-haul business jet and VIP transports.

Dublin-headquartered Magma Aviation, which has just introduced its fourth Boeing 747, is looking to triple its fleet by 2030.

Cathay Group has awarded Lufthansa Technik its largest-ever MRO contract with the carrier, covering all its Boeing 747 and 777 aircraft.

SNC has begun test flights for the U.S. Air Force’s Survivable Airborne Operations Center, about five months after it began work on the first airframe.

As Boeing prepares to close the production line for its “metal wing” 777F at the end of 2027, the program's output could yet surpass the 747F's total.

Space rockets and Boeing C-17-sized wing-in-ground effect vehicles rank among candidates attempting to solve one of the U.S. military's toughest problems.

The USAF will pay the bill to modify a Boeing 747-8 obtained from the Qatari government into a temporary presidential transport aircraft using diverted funds.

Astronautics has been selected to supply the complete avionics system for U.S. startup Radia’s planned WindRunner ultralarge cargo aircraft.