The aircraft will be used as a stopgap solution until new models arrive.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The motorcade of U.S. President Donald Trump is parked next to a 12-year old Qatari-owned Boeing 747-8 that Trump was touring in ...

The Boeing 747-8's massive weight and size present unique challenges for its main landing gear.

(CNN) — The US Air Force announced plans Tuesday to purchase two Boeing 747-8 aircraft to support its future presidential airlift program, with an Air Force official confirming it would acquire the ...

The Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental successfully made its flight test today (yesterday in the US), taking off from Paine Field in Everett, in front of several thousand employees, customers, suppliers ...

Boeing dramatically unveiled its new 747-8 Intercontinental to a packed out audience of 10,000 at Boeing's huge factory headquarters in Everett, Washington, yesterday. The event called ‘Incredible, ...

Boeing is to offer VIP and head of state customers a turnkey interior on the BBJ 747-8, using examples of the latest-generation jumbo sourced from airlines. The airframer launched what it is calling ...

The president may be thirsting for a new four-engine jumbo jet, but many governments and royal families are unloading their fuel-guzzling palaces in the sky. The royal family of Qatar, owner of one of ...

Trump is expected to receive the opulent Boeing 747-8, referred to as the ‘flying palace,’ from the Qatari royal family, potentially marking the most expensive gift ever presented to the US by a ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force said on Tuesday it was acquiring two Boeing 747-8 jumbo jets for $400 million to establish a training and sustainment program for its future ...