Kolkata: A Jumbo Jet aircraft touched down at Kolkata airport on Wednesday, eliciting excitement and nostalgia among airline ground crew and airport s.

Its predecessor, the British Overseas Airways Corporation – or BOAC – introduced its first 747 in 1971, initially flying to New York. Somewhat ironically, a pay dispute with pilots meant that the ...

After Air China pulled its LAX 747 flights, only Air Korea and Lufthansa are flying their jumbos to Los Angeles.

If you’ve never flown on a Boeing 747, the original jumbo jet, you may feel like you have missed out on a historic aviation experience. After all, the Queen of the Skies defined an era and ...

Can the Airbus A380 'superjumbo' outlive the Boeing 747 'jumbo jet'? The answer depends somewhat on how that question is answered ... However, a number of airlines have already divested of their ...

A crazed passenger stormed the cockpit of a British Airways Jumbo jet today and several passengers ... There were grown men screaming." The Boeing 747 had 379 passengers on board plus three ...

The luxury of the Golden Age of air travel is still alive and well in the first-class cabins of the world's leading airlines.