With an average fleet age of a teenager, Qantas doesn’t get rid of aircraft too often. But when it does, other airlines and ...

Passengers love Boeing 747s and Airbus A380s, AKA the world’s biggest commercial jets, but they’re slowly being phased out.

In the 1970s, the U.S. Air Force seriously explored turning Boeing 747s into airborne aircraft carriers, capable of launching and recovering mini-fighter jets midair. Equipped with onboard hangars, ...

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 ...