Only a few of the greatest purchasers of the Boeing 747 were US airlines, and some still have them in service.

The A380's cancelation was announced more than five years ago and now no quad-jets or double deckers are in production.

Some 55 years after the first commercial flight of the Boeing 747, four airlines still fly passenger versions, including ...

The Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 are giants of the skies but are gradually being retired. Only around 50 passenger Boeing 747s ...

Emirates SkyCargo, the air freight division of Dubai-based Emirates, is adding two additional Boeing 747-400F freighters to ...

while a newer 747-8 was delivered in 2012. The Sultan also owns a business-jet version of Airbus' A320 and A319 jets. Qatar The Boeing 747 pictured above may look like a Qatar Airways plane from ...

There was a bigger game afoot - Airbus needed to negate Boeing's 747, believing that the profits the American company made on 747 sales were helping it cross-subsidise other, smaller planes.

Traditionally one of Boeing's best selling products, the 747 has suffered declining demand in recent years, as both the company and its European rival Airbus developed more fuel-efficient and ...

With four-engine jumbo jets like the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 quickly losing favor with airlines, smaller, more efficient twin-engine widebodies have taken their place as the industry's ...

Middle Eastern carrier Emirates' SkyCargo division has taken its Boeing 747 freighter fleet to six, as the company continues ...