Indeed, it gave airlines the range and seating capacity they needed, but the scale and four-engine layout also made it costly ...

Singapore Airlines has signed a preliminary commitment with Airbus for seven of its new A350 large freighter aircraft to begin replacing the cargo division's existing Boeing 747-400 fleet in the ...

Boeing designed the 747 initially as a cargo aircraft. This was because, at the time, the US manufacturer, as well as many others in ...

Taiwan's Aviation Safety Council listed pilot error and poor weather conditions as the main probable causes of the crash of the Singapore Airlines 747-400 on Oct. 31, 2000.

Airbus also expects more orders from Singapore Airlines , which took delivery of its first of 19 A380s this week and said the arrival of superjumbos means it expects to phase out its Boeing 747s ...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Nov. 1 (Wednesday) -- A Singapore Airlines 747-400 taking off from Taipei's main airport for Los Angeles in the face of an approaching typhoon crashed and burst into flames late ...