Boeing has handed over the first 747-8 Intercontinental VIP airplane to what it described as an undisclosed customer. However the airplane, which was delivered with a minimal interior carries the ...

SEATTLE (Reuters) - Boeing Co handed over the first passenger version of its upgraded and extended 747 to a secret VIP customer, who sent the gleaming, all-white plane along to a modification center ...

The aircraft offers some exceptional long-range capabilities.

More than 70 years have passed since the first successful mass-produced passenger jet—the Boeing 707—revolutionized air travel. While the aviation industry has undergone dramatic transformations over ...