The Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 are giants of the skies but are gradually being retired. Only around 50 passenger Boeing 747s remain, with the last one manufactured in 2023. The Airbus A380 was ...
The Boeing 747-8 has a cruising speed of Mach 0.86, making it one of the fastest commercial jets in history. While the A380 is bigger, it has a slightly lower cruising speed than the 747.
In the past 30 years, Korean Air has used the 747-400, 747-8, 777-200ER, 777-300ER, 787-9, and A380 on the 6,215 nautical ...
The A380 succeeded in that - the last passenger 747 was built two years ago - but Boeing will have a kind of last laugh. Freighter versions of the 747 will be built past 2021, meaning the ...