With the delivery of UPS’s final 747-8F order, Boeing is closing in on the end of production for the historic jetliner that changed aviation forever.

UPS Inc. is ordering 14 Boeing Co. 747-8 airplanes and holds options for another 14 of the air freighters, tossing a lifeline to the venerable jumbo jet.

A new Boeing 747-8F is pictured on the tarmac at UPS Worldport in Louisville as the crew prepares to depart on the aircraft's first revenue flight.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — UPS is training pilots on a new simulator at the Global Aviation Training Center. The simulator models a 747 aircraft.

UPS’ appetite for the 747 means Boeing will continue producing its largest aircraft into the 2020s, more than half a century after the plane started whisking passengers across oceans.

I visited an airplane model factory in Southern China where airplane die cast models are made. The staff walked me through each process from polishing metal to painting and assembly. The pad ...

UPS officials said it will help house the company's fleet of massive 747 freighters. Construction on the hangar is set to wrap up in late 2023.

Accident investigators have traced a fire that destroyed a UPS Boeing 747 in the United Arab Emirates in 2010 to the lithium batteries being carried in the cargo hold. Unless something is done to ...

UPS announced construction of a multi-million dollar project being built in Louisville to maintain the company’s fleet of 747 freighters.

United Parcel Service Inc. said it ordered eight Boeing Co. 747-400 aircraft valued at as much as $1.9 billion as international deliveries grow. UPS, based in Atlanta, didn’t disclose terms of ...

United Parcel Service announced an order for 14 Boeing 747-8 airplanes, with an estimated price, after discounts, of about $2.6 billion.

The 747-400 will be the first freighter in the UPS fleet with a hinged nose. The aircraft’s nose-loading capability is ideal for air freight, allowing for extra large or extra long shipments.