While the vast majority of commercial airlines retired their Boeing 747-400 jets over a decade ago ... during the middle of spring training? For the first time since 2019, Major League Baseball ...

The last of the airline’s 16 jumbo Boeing 747-400s flew to a desert retirement, ending travel operations by passenger airlines in the ... been a 747 captain since spring 2000, Gallaher was ...

Airlines including United, Delta, Australia’s Qantas and British Airways have been gradually retiring their fleets of 747s in recent years. The most recent deliveries of the Boeing 747’s ...

The Boeing 747 was a landmark ... good that you've already flown on a 747 for the last time — if you ever flew on one at all. However, a few airlines are still firing up all four engines on ...

U.S. passenger airlines stopped flying the 747 in 2017 as more efficient, twin-engine, wide-body aircraft became more practical. Boeing's last 747 rolled off the assembly line. Paul Weatherman ...

American Airlines had a piano bar installed in the main cabin. Orders started to flow in, bringing Boeing much-needed revenue. Owning a 747 became a status symbol for airlines. Some companies ...

Pan Am was the driving force behind the launch of the Boeing 747. Credit: Joepriesaviation.net On Feb. 9, 1969, the captain of a Scandinavian Airlines DC-8 on approach to Seattle-Tacoma ...