The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%.

2024年6月21日 · Boeing was producing roughly one 747 every two months when it announced that the jet would be discontinued back in 2020. In 2022, the 747's final full year of production, only five were...

2023年1月31日 · Boeing bid farewell to the iconic 747, delivering the final plane to Atlas Air on Tuesday afternoon and marking an end of an era when the first-ever "jumbo jet" ruled the skies.

2022年12月6日 · EVERETT, Wash. − Boeing 's final 747 rolled out of the company's cavernous factory north of Seattle Tuesday night as airlines' push for more fuel-efficient planes ends the …

2024年10月21日 · Here we will explore the evolution of the Boeing 747, from its inception as the world's first jumbo jet to its status as a modern, fuel-efficient wide-body airliner until Boeing ended production of the aircraft.

2022年12月7日 · Production of the 747, the world's first twin-aisle airplane, began in 1967 and spanned 54 years, during which a total of 1,574 airplanes were built. At 250 ft 2 in (76.2 m), the 747-8 is the longest commercial aircraft in service.

2022年12月7日 · After more than five decades, aircraft manufacturer Boeing hit a bitter-sweet milestone on the evening of December 6th as the last Boeing 747 rolled out of its production line at Paine Field in Everett, Washington.

2022年12月7日 · Signaling the end of an historic 54-year production, the final 747 – known far and wide as the Queen of the Skies – rolled out of Boeing’s widebody factory in Everett, Washington, Tuesday evening in advance of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023.

A glorious era is coming to an end at the start of 2023: after 56 years, production of the Boeing 747 is shutting down. The last of its kind is also the 1,574th one built, a 747-8F freighter that Atlas Air will operate for the logistics group Kuehne & Nagel.

This site is all about the Boeing 747 from the early history of the 747-100 to the current 747-8i and the experimental planes.