Command the Queen of the Skies, but brace for towering price tags, endless fuel thirst, and maintenance worthy of a small ...

T he Boeing 747 and the Airbus A380 are the world's only double-decker passenger jets. Visually, the Airbus A380 resembles a ...

Today, with hindsight being 20/20, we know how the Boeing 747 revolutionized air travel. But that was anything but a sure thing back when it was still on the drawing board in the mid-1960s.

A last Boeing 747, a cargo freighter destined for Atlas Air, is seen during an event at the company's facility in Everett, Wash., in December. David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption ...

Still, interest in the 747 lingered, particularly for cargo operations. In the early 2010s, Boeing introduced the last model, the 747-8, delivering about 50 passenger versions and more than 100 ...