Every flier waits to hear those magic words after takeoff: “We have reached cruising altitude; you’re now ... transport category aircraft can fly at high altitudes, but their performance ...

O n March 12th, 2025, a rather sleepy Wednesday morning in Phoenix, Arizona, a 26-year-old Boeing 747-400 took off from ...

Monday’s flight was the first of more than 600 flight hours in the test program for the new 747-8 Intercontinental. The airplane reached a cruising altitude of 5,791 meters and a speed of up to ...