Boeing launched development of the 747-8 last year with orders for the freighter but has yet to land a customer for the passenger model, which will have about 35 more seats than the 420-seat 747-400.

The newest version of the jumbo jet gets through a lot of fuel, but its high capacity means that the consumption is spread ...

Command the Queen of the Skies, but brace for towering price tags, endless fuel thirst, and maintenance worthy of a small ...

The B-747-8, with new registration N747US ... which entered service in late 1974. The first E-4B model was delivered to the Air Force in January 1980, and by 1985, all aircraft had been converted ...

The final 747—a 747-8 model—left the production line for its inaugural flight on February 1 this year. The crew traced a unique pattern in the sky: a queen’s crown underlaid by the numbers ...

It has remained in service as a cargo plane, with the last and 1,574th, a model 747-8 Freighter, delivered to Atlas Air in Boeing’s hometown of Everett, Wash. Thousands of current and former ...

The incident involved a freighter version of the 747-8 aircraft, the latest and most advanced model of Boeing’s popular jumbo jet. With airlines choosing more modern and fuel-efficient planes ...

but the commercial model comes with four General Electric GEnx-2B engines. It's predecessor? Mach .84 with four General Electric CF6-80C2B1 engines. The 747-8 will also have the record of being ...

The 747-8 will go on to other facilities for painting ... on fuel efficiency and point-to-point route planning, the business model for the passenger 747 became obsolete. In recent years, the ...

Graphic on Boeing 747, the "queen of the skies" which made its first flight in 1969 and the last of its 747-8 model will be delivered on January 31 AFP ...

The new generation will be a newer Boeing model, the 747-8, which is also the same model of the gift plane from Qatar. Compared to the 747-200, the 747-8 emits around 16 less tons of carbon per ...

It’s also the most advanced model of the Boeing 747 ever produced – the 747-8 variant – which first flew in 2010 but failed to find commercial success due to being expensive to operate.