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The company’s cargo subsidiary announced that its lone remaining Boeing 747-8 freighter finished its last flight on Friday.

Pilots have long held a deep connection to the airplane that Joe Sutter and his team built. We talk to some of them as the describe their experiences flying the Queen of the Skies.

On Jan. 31, 2023, Boeing delivered the last Boeing 747 ever built to its owner, Atlas Air. The delivery marks an end to the iconic jet’s 54-year production run at Boeing’s Everett factory, with a total of 1,574 units built. It also marks a real end to an era in aviation regarded by many to […]

Earlier this week, the final Boeing 747 ever produced emerged from the paint shop in Portland, Oregon to a flurry of disappointment from aviation enthusiasts and historians alike.  N863GT, the final Boeing 747, rolled out of the assembly line in early December of 2022 to much speculation as to whether or not the aircraft would […]

Manufacturing giant Boeing has marked the end of an era as its last 747 rolled out of the factory in Everett,Wash., on Tuesday. With the event having dominated global headlines, the 747-8 Freighter will be delivered to Atlas Air in early 2023, becoming the  freight line’s 53rd 747. Referencing the history of the world’s first […]

Ever wanted an aviation-themed credit card outside of the normal airline co-branded ones? Well, on Wednesday Delta Air Lines and American Express are making this possible with a brand new lineup of credit cards with a touch of Delta aviation history. Made with a retired Delta 747 aircraft, this credit card is the first of […]

U.S. cargo and charter airline Atlas Air took delivery of the first of four Boeing 747-8Fs (freighters) it plans to add to its fleet during 2022. The aircraft will operate on behalf of its Chinese customer Cainiao, the logistics arm of Alibaba Group, as part of a previously announced long-term agreement. The aircraft will increase capacity on […]

More than 50 Years after the first Boeing 747 rolled off the assembly line in 1968, the iconic jet is still being produced at Boeing’s factory in Everett, WA. But not for much longer. Production will end in 2022 and it looks like the last one will be line number 1570 for UPS.  Boeing’s flagship […]

German flag carrier, Lufthansa, has brought their last Boeing 747 out of storage from Twente Airport to be returned to service. The Twitter account for the Twente Airport in the Netherlands tweeted out photos of the German queen departing for Frankfurt. From there the aircraft will go through the process to return to regular passenger […]

The least successful model or the Boeing 747 family, the Boeing 747-300, made an unexpected return to the aviation scenes a few days ago, when Iranian carrier Mahan Air returned one of the type to service after over five years of storage. The airline is scheduling a service between Mehrabad International Airport (THR) in Tehran […]