The 747-300 featured marginal upgrades over the 747-200, including a higher cruise speed, more fuel-efficient engines, and a longer upper deck. Boeing made a total of 80 747-300's, with the last ...

The first 747-100 from Boeing was put into service in 1970, and those first planes sold at a list price of $24 million. Adjusting for inflation, ... The 747-300 followed in 1983, ...

The Governments of Paraguay and Uruguay had alerted Argentina about the Iranian crew flying the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 cargo airplane now seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport.

Launched in 1970, the original 747-100 introduced a new scale of widebody travel, followed by successive improvements with 747-200, -300, and the widely adopted -400.

Once that was done, Boeing used the same techniques to elongate the hump on standard models, starting with the 747-300. This continued to future models like the 747-400 and beyond, ...

The 747-300, announced in 1980, added more people to the aircraft by increasing the size of its upper deck; this change was partly due to the plane’s increasing operating costs and partly due to ...

The AD, which applies to 747-200, 747-300, 747-400, and 747-8 series aircraft, including passenger and cargo jets, aims to prevent uncommanded movements of both pilots’ seats.

One of four engines on a Boeing 747-300 from Melbourne was “reduced to idle” speed while the airplane approached Auckland Airport tonight, Qantas spokeswoman Holly Williams said.

The Boeing 747-8i was the last in a string of successful double-decker jetliners that changed the course of the aviation industry. ... the 747-300, the -400, and the 747-8 Intercontinental, or 8i.

Japan Airlines Friday conducted the latest biofuel test flight, operating a 747-300 partially powered by fuel derived primarily from the camelina plant. The 90-min. flight from Tokyo Haneda ...