Boeing 747 variant

Boeing 747 747-8

The Jumbo's final and largest evolution: a stretched fuselage, a new wing and the 787's engines, in passenger (Intercontinental) and freighter versions.

Boeing 747 sheet

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February 8, 2010
First flight
155
Units built
14,316 km
Range
467
Passengers

History

The 747-8 first flew on 8 February 2010 in its freighter version, and the Intercontinental passenger variant flew in 2011. It borrowed the 787's engines and technologies on a stretched fuselage that made it the world's longest airliner at the time.

It arrived in a market already moving away from four-engine jets: most of the 155 aircraft built were freighters, and with the last of them, delivered in 2023, production of the whole 747 family came to an end.

Sources: FAA TCDS A20WE (Rev. 58) · TCDS E00078NE · Boeing ACAP D6-58326-3 Rev D