On 8 October, Cathay Pacific hosted a special event at HAECO Hong Kong’s Hangar 2, celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Boeing 747 “Jumbo Jet”, the 40th anniversary of the introduction of Cathay’s first Boeing 747, and 30 years since the airline launched services with the iconic ...
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the Boeing 747 jumbo jet. Air 747 takes the reader on a journey through the story of the 747, and onboard with many of the biggest airline brands and some of the most obscure, lavishly illustrated with pictures of the planes, inside and out. Aviation historian Charles Kennedy contr...
Back in the mid-1960s, aerospace giant Boeing was preparing to build theBoeing 747, the first jumbo jet, which was two-and-a-half times bigger than the largest existing airliners. The 747 wouldrevolutionize air transportationby making it possible to fly more people and cargo at...
Since last year, Airbus, which participated in the joint study as an informal member, has actively been hawking its own idea for a super-jumbo jet, dubbed the A3XX. Boeing, meanwhile, has been studying the possibility of “stretching” its 747 jumbo jet, currently the largest passenger airpla...
A chapter of aviation history is closing this year, as commercial U.S. airlines bid farewell to theBoeing747, the jumbo jet that made air travel affordable for millions of people around the globe because it could fit hundreds of passengers inside. ...
The (so far) longest version of the classic Boeing 747 JumboJet has 362 seats in three cabins:8 seats in First-class, 92 seats in Business-class and 262 in Economy. With this size, it fills the gap between the Airbus A340-600’s and theA380. Even the size (and most of the plane...
参考译文:2013年9月18日,汉莎航空成为波音777-9X的首个订单客户,选择了34架该型号飞机,并选购了25架空客A350-900来替代其22架747-400和48架A340-300/600用于远程航班。2013年11月的迪拜航展上,推出了777-8X(可搭载350名乘客,航程为9300海里)和777-9X(可搭载超过400名乘客,航程为8200海里),共获得了259架飞机...
Boeing 747-8 Freighter: The last Boeing 747 left the company's widebody factory in Washington on December 6, 2022, ahead of its delivery to Atlas Air in early 2023. Paul Weatherman/Boeing Best of the Boeing 747 jumbo jet: In pictures 1 of 13 Prev Next However, in the years since ...
Related article How Boeing's 747 jumbo jet changed travel No buyers In 2017, orphaned from its original purpose, the plane went up for sale for $95 million – down from an original list price of around $350 million, according to Diver. It was still empty and advertised as “ready for...