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Thursday, December 11, 2025
TopicBoeing 747

Topic: Boeing 747

With a wobble after take-off, Air India 747s say goodbye. Some may still fly, some stripped for parts

Air India’s Boeing 747-400 ‘Agra’ made its final take-off from Mumbai amid a wave of nostalgia on social media. The airline has sold its last 4 Boeing jumbo jets to modernise its fleet.

8,000 Boeing 747 cargo planes will be needed to reach Covid vaccine to entire world

Global airlines body IATA is working with airlines, airports, global health bodies and pharmaceutical firms to pull together plans for the industry’s 'largest single transport challenge ever'.

British Airways, world’s largest operator of Boeing 747s to permanently retire entire fleet

In a statement, British Airways said that it was unlikely the magnificent ‘queen of the skies’ will fly again due to the losses caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Boeing 747 nears end as factory making fuselages shuts down

Triumph Group, the largest supplier to the 747-8 program, is starting to clear out a storied plant with an online auction of manufacturing gear.

World’s largest commercial aircraft Airbus’ A380 is a commercial flop

Airbus chief executive Tom Enders recently announced the end of the A380.

On Camera

Why electoral ‘reform’ is cause for worry—the Modi govt uses it to cement political hold

‘Reform to deform' is a better description of the Modi government’s approach to election procedures. This is not hyperbole. Consider the record.

Niti Aayog CEO has a message for power stakeholders. Buckle up for surge to feed EVs, data centres

Clean energy is “no longer the sideshow, it is the show”, BVR Subrahmanyam told the Odisha summit, warning India to lead the global shift or risk others’ tech dominance.

Dubai Tejas crash revives focus on advanced, fully automated safety systems

Dubai airshow crash & pilot death have rekindled concerns over pilot safety, and need for smarter automated systems that can step in when G-forces, temporary loss of consciousness hit the pilot.

Asim Munir & Pakistan’s Failed Marshal Doctrine

None of Pakistan’s PMs has lasted 5 years. That the current PM has given Asim Munir 5 years shows that of all military dictatorships history has seen, Pakistan’s is most creative.