Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental

Korean Air will fly its two largest passenger jets to London Heathrow Airport this summer. Effective 26 March 2017, the national carrier will operate a mixed fleet on its UK route,…

Korean Air has celebrated the delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft - the new version of Boeing's classic jumbo jet. The new long-haul aircraft was handed over to…

Boeing has set a new company record for the most commercial airplanes delivered in a single year. The US planemaker delivered 723 aircraft in 2014, breaking the previous record set in…

Air China welcomed two more Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft last month. One arrived on 10 December and the second touched down in Beijing on 31 December. The two jumbo jets,…

Boeing expects to deliver a record number of commercial aircraft to China this year. The US planemaker expects Chinese airlines to receive 150-160 Boeing jets in 2014, up from 143…

Air China has launched its brand new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft on the Beijing-Shanghai route. The aircraft, which is the largest in Air China's fleet, touched down at…

Air China has celebrated the delivery of its first ever Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental - the new version of Boeing's famous old jumbo jet. The new aircraft took off from Boeing's factory…

Air China will take delivery of its first Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental aircraft next month. The Beijing-based carrier has placed orders for seven of the new long-haul jets, and the…

Boeing has produced and delivered its 1,500th 747 aircraft. The landmark wide-body jet was a brand new B747-8 Intercontinental, which was painted in the colours of Lufthansa before…

Boeing has shown its support to its home team, the Seattle Seahawks, ahead of Sunday's Super Bowl, by decorating one of its B787-8 Intercontinental aircraft in the team's colours.…

Korean Air has finalised an order with Boeing that will see it purchase 12 new long-haul aircraft. The Seoul-based national carrier has firmed up a commitment for five B747-8…

Boeing has delivered more commercial aircraft in the first six months of 2013 than it did in the same period last year. The US planemaker delivered 306 aircraft in the January-June…

All this week, Travel Daily will be offering a round-up of the latest deals from Le Bourget… United Airlines has ordered 20 Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners. The US carrier has opted to add…

Korean Air has placed an order with Boeing for 11 more long-haul aircraft. Confirmed at the Paris Air Show on Tuesday (18 June 2013), the order will see Korean Air acquire five more…

Boeing has completed the first flight testing a package of performance improvements for its new wide-body jet, the B747-8. The aircraft took off on Tuesday for a four-hour flight in the…

Boeing is boosting the in-flight connectivity options available on its new aircraft, installing internet and mobile systems on all B747-8s and B777s during production.  By the end of next…

The brand new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental will fly to Asia for the first time next month. Lufthansa, the launch customer of the new aircraft, will commence daily B747-8 flights from…

The world will need approximately 34,000 new commercial aircraft worth US$4.5 trillion over the next 20 years, as the current global fleet doubles in size, according to Boeing. The US…

The passenger version of the new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental has entered commercial service. Lufthansa, the launch customer of the new jumbo jet, flew the aircraft from Frankfurt to…

Lufthansa has revealed that its brand new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental will fly to destinations in the US and India. From 1 June, Lufthansa will operate six weekly B747-8 flights on the…

Boeing has delivered the first B747-8 Intercontinental passenger aircraft to Lufthansa. The brand new aircraft marks the return of the original ‘jumbo jet’, which became the world’s first…