Lufthansa, unlike almost every other airlne in the world, has been holding on to its old "jumbo jets." What's the reason, and ...

A Lufthansa plane carrying nearly 200 passengers went a frightening 10 minutes without a pilot after the first officer lost consciousness in the cockpit while the captain was off using the ...

As catnip for a high-end mendicant like Donald Trump, the Boeing 747-8 is unbeatable ... do know the luxury accommodations were provided by Lufthansa Technik, a German company that specializes ...

When the first Boeing 747 rolled from the hangar in Everett ... but with four fuel-thirsty engines and room for fewer than 200 passengers, fares were beyond the budget of most vacationers.

According to Cirium timetables, Lufthansa's planning to deploy its Boeing 747-8 on the following U.S. routes from Frankfurt ... Taxes totaled a modest $200. [flight_stats ticket-class="first" ...

However, what many people might not know is that the company operates a Boeing 747-200, a legacy aircraft that plays a crucial role in the development and testing of new jet engine technology. The ...

The Boeing 747-100 was quickly replaced by the 747-200 in 1971. This variant of the ... operate passenger-configured Boeing 747s, including Lufthansa, Korean Air, Air China, and Rossiya Airlines.

The Boeing 747-200 aircraft cargo flight flew in from Liege in Belgium and departed for Larnaca in Cyprus a few days later. The aircraft type has been in service since 1971 and represents the first ...

Lufthansa is the world’s largest passenger operator of ... 1B and -1C), Passport and GE9X. Rolls-Royce purchased its Boeing 747-200 engine testbed in 2005 from Air Atlanta Icelandic. The aircraft was ...

Within Lufthansa airline itself – Germany’s flag carrier – it operates not only new Airbus A350 and Boeing 787 aircraft and relatively young Boeing 747-8s, but also retains some older Boeing ...

The 747-200 series, introduced in 1971 ... Atlas Air took delivery of the final Boeing 747 built and continues to fly them as do UPS Airlines and Cargolux. Lufthansa, Air China and Korean Air still ...

A340-600 and A330-200 and the Boeing 747-400 planes by 2028; and strategically expanding the flight operations of the Discover Airlines and Lufthansa City Airlines subsidiaries "to further develop the ...