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

T he Boeing 747 program has given us icons of the skies like the earlier 747-100 and 747-200 models, as well as the ...

Minutes after takeoff from Dubai, the pilots of a UPS Boeing 747 are face to face with their worst nightmare. Behind them, a cargo pallet containing over 81,000 lithium batteries has caught fire.

However, that excitement got Boeing to thinking: its 747 might not be ideal for commercial ... But there was just one problem: the cockpit was located over the nose. So, it was moved to the ...

The original Boeing 747-100 was the first true widebody aircraft. It had a seating capacity ... thanks to the plane’s continued use by UPS, Atlas and other cargo operators.