Clik here to view.
A Look Back at Past First Flights of New Airliners
By Airchive Staff: Published September 24, 2013 The year 2013 has been good to the world of first flights. Last week alone saw both Bombardier’s CSeries and Boeing’s 787-9 take to the skies for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The SST-2707 and the 747; Unintentional Queen of the Skies
By Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren / Published September 30, 2013 Photos courtesy of Boeing except where noted Forty-five years ago today, on September 30, 1968, the very first Boeing 747 jumbo jet rolled out of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Weekend Rewind: A Look Back Into The Archive of Airchive’s Vault Of Aviation...
By Jack Harty / Published December 14, 2013 Happy weekend, everyone! It is time for our fourth “Weekend Rewind.” In this week’s edition, we visit Milwaukee General Mitchell International Airport as...
View ArticleVIDEO: Breathtaking Boeing 747 Cockpit Scenes
By Jason Rabinowitz / Published December 16, 2013 Every now and again, we come across a video that so perfectly captures the magic of aviation, we can’t help but share it. Today, we came across a three...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Wing Of A British Airways 747 Collided With A Building At Johannesburg Airport
By Jack Harty / Published December 22, 2013 This photo was Tweeted by @JohnHart16 On Sunday night, one of the wings of a British Airways 747 collided with a building at O.R. Tambo International Airport...
View ArticleClik here to view.
ANA’s Last Boeing 747 Lands at the Scrapyard
By Cody Diamond / Published May 2, 2014 / Photos by Author JA8961 on blocks for the last time. Just before noon, on April 17th, 2014, a Boeing 747-400 began its final descent. The airplane, as it...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Boeing’s 747 Celebrates 1,500th Delivery as Future Remains Uncertain
By Jeremy Dwyer-Lindgren / Published June 27, 2014 / Photos by author Boeing’s iconic 747 jumbo jet will celebrate a major milestone as the 1,500th airplane is delivered to Lufthansa on Saturday. It is...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Qantas Returns to Vancouver
By Vinay Bhaskara / Published September 16th, 2014 Photo by JDL Multimedia / Airways News Qantas will return to Vancouver in January 2015, with twice weekly nonstop service from Sydney between January...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AirlineReporter.com: The Legendary Men Behind the Historic Boeing 747
Joe Sutter and Brien Wylge – Photo courtesy of Kris Hull The crew over at AirlineReporter.com got the chance to attend a very special event at Seattle’s Museum of Flight on October 18. It featured...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Flashback Friday: A look back at the Boeing 747 Program
By Luis Linares / Published January 30, 2015 Boeing 747s at Everett in 1970: Photo courtesy of Boeing January 22 marked the 45th anniversary of the entry into service (EIS) of the majestic and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Korean Air Takes Delivery of First Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
By: Staff / Published August 25, 2015 Korean Air has become the third operator of the Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental, in a ceremony held today at Boeing Everett Flight Test & Delivery Center. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
How to Refurbish a Boeing 747-400
By: John Walton / Published September 4, 2015 Your mission: pull out every seat from a Boeing 747-400, from first class to business class to economy, and replace them all with new seats, complete with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Onboard the Final Scheduled Flight of the Very First Boeing 747-400
By Cody Diamond / Published September 9, 2015 Delta Air Lines Flight 836 from Honolulu to Atlanta marked today the end of service of the first Boeing 747-400 ever built. This aircraft, originally in...
View ArticleAirBridgeCargo Takes Double Jumbo Delivery
By: Staff / Published November 18, 2015 Russian cargo carrier AirBridgeCargo Airlines (ABC) has taken delivery of two Boeing 747-8 freighters, as part of a Memorandum of Understanding subscribed...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Air France to Retire its Boeing 747-400s Next January
By: Staff / Published December 8, 2015 More than four and a half decades after its debut with Air France, the Boeing 747 says au revoir with a special tribute flight over France, scheduled to be on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Then and Now: 45 Years of Boeing’s 747 Passenger Experience
By: John Walton / Published: January 11, 2016 The first Boeing 747-400 was retired by Delta Air Lines last September, with a quiet celebration on an entirely different scale to its role in world...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Iron Maiden Kicks Off Tour With A New, Upgraded Ed Force One
By: Carlos Lugo / Published: February 20, 2016 Legendary Heavy Metal Band Iron Maiden kicked off their Book of Souls World Tour Friday afternoon at Fort Lauderdale International Airport. The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
United to Buy 25 Boeing 737-700s, to Phase Out 747-400s in 2018
By: Staff / Published: March 8, 2016 United Airlines Boeing 737-700. As previously reported, United Airlines announced an order to purchase 25 new Boeing 737-700s, in addition to the previously...
View Article