Some of the longest passenger planes in the world are real giants. Right now, the longest plane is the Boeing 747-8 at 250 ft ...

Seconds after taking off from San Francisco, a United Airlines Boeing 747 shudders violently as one of its engines starts to fail. The intense vibrations terrify the passengers, and are so strong that ...

In the directive that the FAA published to the Federal Register on February 12, the regulator noted that the notice of ...

Air Force One is a one of the most popular planes in the world. However, when the budget for two new ones goes over $2 ...

As an aircraft type reaches the end of its service life, examples of it flying commercially become rarer and rarer (the ...

The world's largest plane will be longer than Wembley Stadium and bigger than a Boeing 747 - and below we look inside the ...

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

Certification and retrofit problems on two plane types are costing Lufthansa valuable lost revenue from fancy new Allegris ...

Although its numbers have thinned, ten airlines still operate the enormous, graceful Airbus A380 for international luxury ...

A Lufthansa Boeing 747-8 flight from Miami to Frankfurt was forced to make an emergency landing after its captain became ...