Over the past few decades, transportation technology has advanced tenfold, but why aren’t airplanes going any faster? Turns out, there are a few very good reasons as to why you don’t want your ...

A Boeing 747 that was transformed into the largest art car ever at Burning Man is set for its final journey to Las Vegas' Area15. The Bay Area-based Big Imagination camp first brought the 747's ...

“No, I’m not happy with Boeing. It’s taking them too long, you know, Air Force One, we awarded that contract a long time ago. We could buy a plane or get a plane, or something like that ...

For a time, the Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 were the world's two double-decker passenger aircraft in production. The last freighter Boeing 747 was delivered to Atlas Air on January 31, 2023, ...

Speaking to reporters aboard one of the two nearly 35-year-old Boeing 747-200 aircraft in current use, Trump said, “We’re looking at alternatives, because it’s taking Boeing too long.” ...

Billionaire Elon Musk is now lending a hand to Boeing, assisting the company with developing the long-delayed 747-8-based VC-25B Air Force One replacement that president Donald Trump badly desires.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The contract for the new Air Force One was initially awarded to Boeing in 2018, when it received a $3.9 billion contract to build two new 747-8 aircraft for use as Air Force One that were to be ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. President Donald Trump said he is considering buying used Boeing aircraft — perhaps from an overseas ...

The next feature is travel distance. The current version can fly 1,000 miles (1,609 km) less than the Boeing 747-8. Also, the speed is higher for the 747-8 model, which is 0.86 Mach, making it the ...

Atlas Air Worldwide will add three Boeing 747-8 freighters to its fleet, responding to the rising global need for large widebody airfreight capacity, particularly... Korean Air is undergoing a fleet ...

The contract for two updated versions of the presidential plane based on the more modern Boeing 747-8 were negotiated during Trump's first term in office. Boeing did not immediately respond to a ...