Reading Time: 3 minutes The era of very large passenger aircraft like the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747 is coming to an end. Most airlines no longer want the Airbus “Superjumbo” or Boeing’s “Queen of the Skies” as they increasingly opt for smaller wide-body versions that are fuel-efficient, flexible and viable to operate. “We have seen a very consistent […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400 performing flight from Tokyo Narita to Detroit with 310 passengers and 17 crew was over the Pacific Ocean when the crew reported problems with the #1 engine (PW4056, outboard left hand) and decided to return to Tokyo Narita, where the aircraft landed back about 7 hours after departure. A passenger […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Cargologic Air Boeing 747-400, registration G-CLBA performing flight CLU-473 from Frankfurt/Main to Munich (Germany), was on approach to Munich’s runway 26R when a part of the inboard flap track from the right hand wing (between fuselage and engine #3) separated from the aircraft and fell onto a field at Wartenberg about 7nm short of […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute United Airlines has decided to retire its remaining 20 Boeing 747-400s by the end of 2017, moving up the fleet’s retirement by a year. United had previously said it would retire its 747 fleet by the end 2018. But president Scott Kirby said in a Jan. 11 message posted online that “the time has come […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute A Lufthansa Boeing 747 jumbo jet with 363 people on board made an emergency landing in eastern Canada on Tuesday after being diverted due to smoke in the cockpit, the German airline says. The 345 passengers and 18 crew members on the flight from Frankfurt bound for Orlando, Florida, were uninjured and were able to […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes British Airways has completed the major makeover of 18 of the airline’s iconic Boeing 747s to give them the look and feel of their newest aircraft. Each jumbo jet now features a refreshed interior and state-of-the-art in-flight entertainment system – as well as extra seats for customers flying in Club World. The first aircraft to […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes Boeing has hinted it may be forced to end production of its iconic 747 jumbo jet amid a prolonged sales slump. “If we are unable to obtain sufficient orders and/or market, production and other risks cannot be mitigated, … it is reasonably possible that we could decide to end production of the 747,” Boeing said […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute An Eva Air Boeing 747-400, registration B-16410 performing flight BR-271 from Taipei (Taiwan) to Manila (Philippines), landed on Manila’s runway 24 and slowed safely. Upon vacating the runway via a high speed exit R3 the taxiway’s asphalt surface broke up and asphalt debris punctured the right hand flaps of the aircraft. The aircraft taxied to […]

Reading Time: < 1 minute Virgin Atlantic said it would buy Airbus Group SE A350 long-range planes while retaining the option to eventually take the aircraft maker’s A380 superjumbo. Virgin Atlantic said it would introduce 12 A350-1000 planes at a list price value of $4.3 billion. The airline would receive the first one in 2019, Chief Executive Craig Kreeger said […]

Reading Time: 2 minutes The start-up cargo carrier will operate Boeing 747s. Creation of a start-up cargo carrier called Sky Gates Airlines, which will be based at the newly opened Zhukovskiy Airport near Moscow, was announced at the airport’s opening ceremony. Russian Aviation Insider talked to the new airline’s general director Pyotr Morozov to find out some details. Morozov […]