As British Airways announces the retirement of its remaining Boeing 747 fleet from passenger service, we take a look at its ...

The Boeing 747 entered service with BA’s forerunner, the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC), in April 1971. The plane’s first commercial flight for the airline carried passengers from ...

The Boeing 747-8 has a cruising speed of Mach 0.86 ... and entered commercial service with BOAC on May 2nd, 1952. Other manufacturers began developing quadjets, so the world has seen some iconic ...

Trump has groused for days about the wait for the next generation of Boeing 747 jets that are supposed to serve as the primary presidential air transport, officially known as the VC-25B but flying ...

First aircraft, a BOAC-liveried Boeing 747, reg: G-BYGC, will arrive back at Heathrow from the paint factory on February 18 to enter the airline’s flying schedule. Three more aircraft will ...