Filming the incredibly close landing of aircraft over beachgoers on Maho Beach on the island of St. Maarten was checked off this tourist’s bucket list. One of the world’s foremost spots for ...

Air France and KLM are pressing ahead with retiring their A340s and 747s despite low fuel prices diminishing the need for more efficient aircraft. “We’ve pushed these airplanes pretty much to their ...

One of KLM’s former Boeing 747-400s has been transported to a hotel just outside Amsterdam Schiphol, where it will be converted into an exhibit about the iconic aircraft. Transfer of the aircraft – ...

A photographer has captured the moment the final flight of a Boeing 747 was greeted on the runway by a family of deer. The KLM jumbo jet, registration PH-BFR, making its last flight after 23 years of ...

Boeing this week delivered the first of three new Boeing 747-400ER Freighters ordered last year by KLM. The freighter is the first new all-cargo aircraft to enter KLM's fleet, and the other two new ...

The popular tourist island of St. Maarten cannot expect commercial flights to begin for at least the next two weeks and maybe as long as six, some travelers are being told. Airlines that usually ...

One of Europe’s largest air freight companies on Friday announced plans to dump most of its freighter planes in favor of putting more cargo in the bellies of passenger jets. Back in Everett, that’s ...

The ill-fated China Airlines' Boeing 747-200 was more than 22 years old, making it one of the oldest in the carrier's fleet. The model is one of the oldest aircraft in the 747 series of American ...

On March 27, 1977, on the island of Tenerife, two fully loaded 747 jumbo jets collided on a fog-blanketed runway, claiming the lives of 583 people in what is still the deadliest crash in aviation ...