The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday it was acquiring two Boeing 747-8 jumbo jets for $400 million to establish a training and sustainment program for its future presidential airlift fleet.

The U.S. Air Force is buying two Boeing 747-8is from Lufthansa for training and spares as part of the delayed program to replace the current VC-25A “Air Force One” fleet, the service has confirmed to ...

The carrier says the first 747-8i will be handed over to a confidential buyer in January 2026 as part of its fleet renewal ...

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Two iconic aircraft set to change hands in a surprising deal.

When passengers watched a Boeing 747-400 push back from a gate in the 1990s and early 2000s, they were looking at an aircraft ...

From extra length to a wingspan several meters wider, the Boeing 747-8 remains a giant, yet the future of long-haul travel ...

China Airlines has approved a plan to acquire up to 18 Airbus and Boeing passenger and freighter aircraft, and dispose of four Boeing 747-400Fs. In a disclosure to the stock exchange, it states that ...

When NASA needed a taxi service for its roughly 100-ton space shuttles, it couldn't exactly call an Uber. The agency needed a plane powerful enough for the job. It dug around, and the two candidates ...

A passenger has been charged by US authorities for allegedly stabbing two teenagers with a metal fork on a Lufthansa Boeing 747 flight from Chicago to Frankfurt. The US Attorney’s Office for the ...

BEIJING—A cargo airplane skidded off the runway while landing at Hong Kong’s airport early on Monday, sending the aircraft into the sea and killing two ground staff. The accident took place at 3:50 ...