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The Boeing 747-8 is the final series of the large, long-range wide-body airliners in the Boeing 747 family from Boeing Commercial Airplanes.It is the largest model variant of the 747 and Boeing's largest aircraft overall.
As of January 2025, there were 427 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 256 747-400s, and 151 747-8s. These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
A Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental of Lufthansa. On November 14, 2005, Boeing announced it was launching the 747 Advanced as the Boeing 747-8. [86] The last 747-400s were completed in 2009. [87] As of 2011, most orders of the 747-8 were for the freighter variant. On February 8, 2010, the 747-8 Freighter made its maiden flight. [88]
It commenced operation in September 2010 under a CMI contract. [8] In 2011, Atlas Air took the first North American delivery of the Boeing 747-8 Freighter (Boeing 747-8F). [9] On April 7, 2016, Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings purchased Southern Air for US$110 million in an all-cash deal.
GEnx on 747-8I prototype. As of 2016, the GEnx and the Rolls-Royce Trent 1000 were selected by Boeing following a run-off between the three big engine manufacturers. The GEnx uses some technology from the GE90 turbofan, [1] including swept composite fan blades and the 10-stage high-pressure compressor (HPC) featured in earlier variants of the engine.
Pages in category "Boeing 747" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9. 747 (performance art)
A shorter derivative of the 747-100, the SP was developed to target two market requirements. [5] The first was a need to compete with the DC-10 and L-1011 while maintaining commonality with the 747, [5] which in its standard form was too large for many routes. Until the arrival of the 767, Boeing lacked a mid-sized wide-body to compete in this ...
The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA used to transport Space Shuttle orbiters.One (N905NA) is a 747-100 model, while the other (N911NA) is a short-range 747-100SR.