Tag: Boeing 747

• Wednesday, March 13th 2024 - 20:25 UTC

  Lufthansa flight makes emergency landing in Rosario

  

  The comparably small “Islas Malvinas” Airport in Fisherton, outside the Argentine city of Rosario, was shocked Tuesday when a Lufthansa Boeing 747-830 landed there amid numerous shiftings to alternate destinations with Buenos Aires' air terminals closed due to heavy rains.

• Thursday, December 8th 2022 - 09:02 UTC

  Production of last Boeing 747 completed - the end of an era

  

  After 53 years of non-stop production, aircraft manufacturer Boeing announced the completion of the last unit of the 747 models, which shall be delivered to her buyers in January of 2023.

• Wednesday, October 26th 2022 - 08:39 UTC

  US requests confiscation of Emtrasur's 747

  

  A District of Columbia Court Tuesday filed a request before Argentine authorities to confiscate the Venezuelan-Iranian Boeing 747-300 freighter aircraft grounded at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza international airport, it was reported.

• Friday, August 12th 2022 - 10:01 UTC

  Argentine judge ok with sending over Emtrasur's 747 to US

  

  The Argentine federal judge investigating the suspected underlying reasons for the Venezuelan-flagged Boeing 747-300 cargo airplane banned from leaving the country Thursday acquiesced to a request from the United States to bring over the aircraft, which is also under investigation there.

• Wednesday, August 10th 2022 - 09:23 UTC

  Venezuelans demand release of Emtrasur's 747

  

  Scores of supporters of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tuesday staged a rally across the streets of Caracas to demand that Argentina's judiciary releases Emtrasur's Boeing 747-300 cargo aircraft seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza International Airport.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 10:45 UTC

  Venezuelan cargo 747 with Iranian crew causes uproar at Buenos Aires airport

  

  A Venezuelan-registered Boeing 747 red-flagged by the United States has been seized at Buenos Aires' Ezeiza airport, after which Argentine authorities kept the passports of the seventeen crewmembers.

• Friday, March 26th 2021 - 09:49 UTC

  Superjumbo era comes to an end: Last Airbus A380 takes off on its test flight

  

  The era of the Superjumbo is coming to an end as the last Airbus A380 ever built has taken off for the first test flight time, departing from the company's headquarters in Toulouse, France, headquarters on Thursday.

• Monday, July 20th 2020 - 09:09 UTC

  British Airways will retire its entire Jumbo jet fleet of Boeing 747

  

  British Airways, the world's largest operator of Boeing's 747, said it would retire its entire jumbo jet fleet with immediate effect due to the downturn in the travel industry caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

• Sunday, December 31st 2017 - 10:12 UTC

  Legendary Jumbo phased out from US passenger service

  

  Delta Air Lines was the last company to retire the Boeing 747 to replace it with smaller and more fuel efficient aircraft

• Wednesday, December 7th 2016 - 10:13 UTC

  Cancel order!, blasts Trump on hearing cost of Boeing's revamped Air Force One

  

  President-elect Donald Trump urged the government on Tuesday to cancel an order with Boeing Co for a revamped Air Force One, one of the most prominent symbols of the U.S. presidency, saying costs were out of control. It was the latest example of Trump using his podium, often via Twitter messages, to rattle companies and foreign countries as he seeks to shake up business as usual in Washington.