On February 9, 1969, the Boeing 747, the world’s first wide-body jet, took its maiden flight, revolutionising air travel.

On this day in 1970, the Boeing 747, the world's first "jumbo jet", enters commercial service in on a Pan Am flight from New York to London. Trump orders strikes on IS targets in Somalia "That's ...

Only a few of the greatest purchasers of the Boeing 747 were US airlines, and some still have them in service.

To meet this demand, Airbus and Boeing have begun selling "VIP" versions of their airliners under the Airbus Corporate Jet and Boeing Business ... a personalized Boeing 747-8.

For decades, the Boeing 747 was the Queen of the Skies. But the glamorous double-decker jumbo jet that revolutionized air ...

I for one devoured the legendary engineer’s book, 747: Creating the World’s First Jumbo Jet and Other Adventures, and witnessed from afar the genius woven into that airplane. I would have ...

is a renovated Boeing 747, also known as a jumbo jet. Produced by Jason Gaines. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video: On Facebook More from Lifestyle The Jumbo Stay Hotel ...

We look back on the original Jumbo Jet’s colourful history. The 747 was imagined in the 1960s ... design a plane twice the size of the 707, the first jetliner. The Seattle manufacturer did ...

The development of the 747 was a bold step for Boeing ... The plane was also the first twin-aisle airliner, and the first to be called a "Jumbo Jet." The distinctive upper deck “hump” was ...

United announced that it would be expediting the retirement of its Boeing 747-400s. What was the thinking behind that, and is it the end of the jumbo jet? Oscar Munoz: You've got other jumbo jets ...

Boeing's latest 747 jumbo jet looks like a spiffy new jetliner. But inside it's still a work in progress. WSJ's Daniel Michaels gets a sneak peek at the Paris Air Show. Image courtesy of Getty Images.