The last new Boeing 747 left the company’s factory on Tuesday, marking the end of an era for the iconic airplane that captured the world’s attention and brought more affordable air travel to millions ...

The plane known as “Queen of the Skies” helped make air travel more affordable, but it has been supplanted by smaller, more efficient aircraft. The first Boeing 747 at the plant in Washington State in ...

When Boeing's iconic 747 aircraft first took to the skies in 1969, the massive aircraft almost immediately changed the aircraft game, proving itself a plane capable of carrying both cargo and ...

More than half a century since the original jumbo jet ushered in a glamorous new jet age, helping bring affordable air travel to millions of passengers, the last-ever Boeing 747 was delivered on ...

Boeing has stopped making a passenger jet that defined long-distance flight in the late 20th century. NPR's Karan Chaudhary has this report. KARAN CHAUDHARY, BYLINE: After 53 years and more than 1,570 ...

Boeing on Tuesday delivered the last 747 jet ever made, handing over a freighter version of its iconic aircraft to Atlas Air. Thousands of current and former employees and others gathered in Everett, ...

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 ...

One of the rarest planes in the sky today—and most beloved by frequent fliers—is the Boeing 747. With its double-decker layout and glamorous Jet Age lore, the 747 is a legendary aircraft lovingly ...

On Dec. 6, manufacturing giant Boeing rolled out the last 747 aircraft from its Everett assembly site in Washington, ending an unprecedented 55 years of continuous production of double-deck, twin ...

There are times when you're sitting in a best-in-the-sky Boeing 747 waiting on the tarmac, with nothing to do but watch another 747 in the distance get filled with fuel. A fueling truck slides up to ...