The Boeing 747 is a long-range wide-body airliner designed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes in the United States between 1968 and 2023. After the introduction of the 707 in October 1958, Pan Am wanted a jet 2+1⁄2 times its size, to reduce its seat cost by 30%. In 1965, Joe Sutter left the 737 development program to design the 747. In April 1966, Pan Am ordered 25 Boeing 747-100 aircraft, and in late 1966, Pratt & Whitney agreed to develop the JT9D engine, a high-bypass turbofan. On September 30, 1968, the first 747 was rolled out of the custom-built Everett Plant, the world's largest building by volume. The 747's first flight took place on February 9, 1969, and the 747 was certified in December of that year. It entered service with Pan Am on January 22, 1970. The 747 was the first airplane called a "Jumbo Jet" as the first wide-body airliner.

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Aircraft name: Peking (until May 2024) Serial number: 44 Type: 380-841 First flight date: 15/02/2010 Test registration: F-WWAJ Plane age: 14.7 years Seat configuration: F8 C78 W52 Y371 Seat Hex code: 3C65A3 Engines: 4 x RR Trent 970 Ferried XFW-FRA 25 Aug 2010 on delivery wfu and std at FRA 12 Apr 2020 - 26 Jan 2021 std at LDE 26 Jan 2021 - 5 Oct 2023 returned to service 12 Mar 2024 Incident 2 Jul 2024 at DEL suffered a fire on the main landing gear shortly after landing returned to service 6 Jul 2024

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The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long-range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 777 is the world's largest twinjet and the most-built wide-body airliner. The jetliner was designed to bridge the gap between Boeing's other wide body airplanes, the twin-engined 767 and quad-engined 747, and to replace aging DC-10 and L-1011 trijets. Developed in consultation with eight major airlines, the 777 program was launched in October 1990, with an order from United Airlines. The prototype aircraft rolled out in April 1994, and first flew in June of that year. The 777 entered service with the launch operator United Airlines in June 1995. Longer-range variants were launched in 2000, and first delivered in 2004.

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