KLM capitalized on the use of a moveable bulkhead, which allowed the carrier to stretch or shrink the passenger area of the ...

The 747-400 managed to do this because of a storm in the North Atlantic that placed the plane in the middle of a wind tunnel.

The 747-400 was first introduced in 1989. The plane is now more commonly used to transport cargo, but airlines like Asiana Airlines and Lufthansa continue to use the model for passenger flights.

The Boeing 747-400 plane that crashed near Dubai airport on September 3rd may have landed safely if the aircraft had been equipped with emergency vision technology. Vision safety equipment is ...

Between 1970 and 1977, Delta Boeing 747s flew between large American cities like Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago, ...

Eren Ozmen’s reputation and her firm Sierra Nevada Corp.'s finances hinge on whether she can pull off executing a complex, ...

The Boeing 747, the US plane that revolutionised air travel ... As an ambassador for Qantas airlines, he remembered learning to fly the 747-400. "[It was] the toughest programme that any ...

British Airways has said it will retire all of its Boeing 747s as it suffers from the sharp travel downturn. The UK airline is the world's largest operator of the jumbo jets, with 31 in the fleet. "It ...

This, coupled with improvements in aircraft performance and engine performance, has improved fuel consumption per seat by 16% ...

The 747-400 could fly a distance of 8,383 miles and ... Additionally, rising fuel costs made it an expensive airplane for airlines to maintain, making newer models more economical to run.

Cosmic Girl, a repurposed Virgin Atlantic Boeing 747-400 aircraft, is expected to take off from Spaceport Cornwall between 5:16 p.m. ET and 6:16 p.m. ET with the LauncherOne rocket underneath its ...

Interview by Nicky Godding. First appeared in the September 2024 issue of The Business Magazine South West & West Midlands ...