British Airways has announced “with great sadness” that its remaining Boeing 747 jumbo jets will be retired with immediate effect, as the airline’s fleet is reshaped for the era of post ...

It’s June 24th, 1982, and the unthinkable has happened on board a British Airways Boeing 747-200. All four engines, have ...

Still Boeing's largest passenger aircraft to this day, the 747 story began with a request from the head of Pan American World Airways, CEO Juan Trippe, for a larger jet than anything currently in ...

The British Airways Boeing 747 fleet was forced into retirement after the Coronavirus pandemic and now the jumbo jets are now ...

Boeing has said it will stop making its classic 747 plane and is eyeing steeper ... or cancelling aircraft orders. This month British Airways became the latest to say it was retiring all of ...

retired British Airways jumbo, now turned into a flight simulator and dining experience, fixed firmly to the ground. In 2020 BA and Virgin Atlantic brought forward plans to scrap the 747 ...

The pandemic forced a harsh reality on British Airways as they had to take the bittersweet decision to retire its venerated Boeing 747 fleet, sparking unexpected developments. The usually ...

Boeing in July said it is to end production of the 747 in 2022, while the world’s airlines, including British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, have retired their jumbos.

February 20th, 2005 Seconds after taking off from Los Angeles, a fire erupts in the engine of a British Airways Boeing 747 ...

Again, not letting this hurdle stop him, he went on to start his own executive jet company, flying small aircraft, such as ...