Indeed, it gave airlines the range and seating capacity they needed, but the scale and four-engine layout also made it costly ...

The last Boeing 747 leaves the company’s Everett factory floor. (Boeing Photo / Paul Weatherman) Nearly 55 years after Boeing started production of its jumbo 747 jet, the last model of the iconic ...

The aviation industry witnessed the end of an era on Tuesday as Boeing made the final delivery of its iconic 747 “jumbo jet” model. The famed plane — nicknamed the whale for its distinctive hump and ...

There are few aircraft as iconic as the Boeing 747, a lumbering four-engine quadjet with an iconic hump and unmatched ...

The first wing spar for the 747-8F is being assembled at Boeing’s Everett, Wash., site marking the start of assembly of the new freighter model. The unit was loaded into a new automated assembly tool ...

The final 747 jumbo jet rolled out of Boeing’s Everett plant late Tuesday, marking a milestone for both the iconic airplane and the giant assembly plant that was built for the jet in the late 1960s.