Re “Airports Bracing for Really Jumbo Jet,” May 19: How about a “pay to play” policy for the Airbus A380? Since European governments of the consortium already subsidize the Airbus, it is ...

Refrigerator magnets are for amateurs. For many seasoned travelers, the collectibles of choice are scaled-down versions of the planes they’ve flown. Here’s how to build your own miniature fleet.

When Delta Air Lines bought Northwest Airlines for $2.6 billion last year, it inherited a hodgepodge of 436 planes that included everything from Airbus A330s to Boeing 747s and even some ancient ...

El Al Jumbo Jet draws a huge outline of a Boeing 747 over the med to say goodbye. Israeli airline retires jumbo with drawing in style. Over 1000 airframes have been delivered across all variants ...

How to land a jumbo jet, according to Lonely Planet EVER wondered what to do if you were in a mid-air crisis like Kurt Russell in Executive decision and had to land the plane yourself?

The Boeing 747, known as the "Jumbo Jet," is a true icon in the world of aviation. This groundbreaking aircraft revolutionized air travel when it first took to the skies in the late 1960s and has ...

Boeing bid farewell to its famous jumbo jet as it took a route that left a trail looking like a number 747 in the sky.

A ROCKET jet has hit a dizzying new speed of over 5,000mph – with hopes the project will one day be able to take passengers anywhere in the world in just 60 minutes. Scientists behind the Chi… ...

Virgin Galactic founder Sir Richard Branson plans to shoot satellites up into space from a Boeing 747 jumbo jet. On Thursday, Branson unveiled plans for an aircraft that will serve as an airborne ...