The Boeing 747 is an icon of the jet age, a giant aircraft that democratized air travel for the masses and shrank the world ...

Since entering service in 1970, more than 1,500 Boeing 747s were built. For decades, if you were flying long-haul, you’d be ...

The airline's ability to offer frequent flights with high-capacity aircraft positions it as a leader in transatlantic travel.

Hold onto your seatbelts, because a €240 million plane that can carry up to 600 people at a staggering 660mph could soon ...

According to Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr, the decision operate the 747 instead of smaller aircraft has to do with the amount of room the plane affords its premium cabin. "No airline in the ...

Korean Air will replace the 'Queen of the Skies' with the smaller Boeing 777-300ER for its 7,153-mile flight from Seoul to ...

Lufthansa, however, is retrofitting its 747 fleet with upgraded seating, potentially meaning that the aircraft will keep flying for the German airline for years to come. The German airline will ...

Related stories Even narrow-body planes are starting to become ... 747 passenger flight When Korean stops flying its 747 to Atlanta in March, Lufthansa's 7,133-mile trek between Frankfurt and ...

These include the Boeing 747-400, Airbus A340-600 and Airbus A340-300 aircraft types. Compared to their predecessors, the new additions to the Lufthansa Group fleet consume up to 35 percent less ...

More than 200 flights were cancelled at Frankfurt airport after construction work damaged broadband cables and caused check-in and boarding problems for German airline Lufthansa. But the airline ...