Boeing on Monday completed its final certification test flight for the passenger version of its new 747-8 jumbo jet. Pilots performed function and reliability testing on the way back from Barbados to ...

SEATTLE -- Boeing Co. is launching bigger, more efficient versions of its 747 jumbo jet in a move that will put competitive pressure on rival Airbus and its A380 superjumbo. The Chicago-based company ...

The Boeing Co. has landed the first order for the passenger version of its 747-8 -- but it isn't making a big deal about it. In fact, Boeing did not even make an announcement. It simply added the ...

The biggest version yet of Boeing’s iconic 747 could soon be flying into airports that have never seen aircraft that large, raising hackles among some airport neighbors. Medium-size airports in Toledo ...

Cargo can be quickly loaded into a 747 freighter’s thanks to its swing up nose. Boeing developed the passenger version of the giant plane only after it lost a competition in 1965 to build a large ...

EVERETT, Wash. — Decades after he engineered Boeing Co.’s original jumbo jet, the father of the storied 747 said Tuesday that he expects big things from the latest version of the double-decker ...

After a production run of more than 450 planes, The Boeing Co. has built its final 747-400 passenger jet. The last four planes still on the company's order books have been removed in a hush-hush deal ...