The fleet combines luxury and strategy, featuring VVIP “flying palaces,” high-security systems, and ceremonial elements like ...

Delta's return to the iconic Boeing 747 after an 18-year hiatus was no mere coincidence.

With a winter block time of over 17 hours, EVA Air's new Taipei to Dulles route is set to become one of the longest non-stop ...

Later variants of the 747 would soon greatly outpace the production of the 747-100. The Boeing 747-200, launched less than five years after the -100, sold more than twice that of the 747-100. Even ...

When Boeing Commercial Airplanes built the 747-8I and 747-8F wide-body airliners, the sheer scale of the process was lost on most casual observers. The aircraft’s immense size meant that manufacturing ...

Air Force One’s aborted flight to Davos last week was one more stage in a prolonged failure to modernize the large jets that serve American presidents. The current airplanes have been in use for 36 ...

It remains unclear whether the aircraft would get the full Air Force One security upgrades, which industry experts said could take up to two years to complete. By Tyler Pager and Eric Schmitt ...

The first presidential aircraft entered service in 1944, and the current generation of Air Force One 747-200 aircraft has been around since 1990. Boeing is contracted to build a new generation of Air ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. President Donald Trump posing for photo with law enforcement in front of a Boeing VC25 operating as Air Force One.MANDEL ...

The US president flies on Air Force One. Other countries have their own presidential planes. Boeing 747 jumbo jets and Airbus A330 and A340 planes are popular options for world leaders. The Boeing ...