Aircraft / Boeing
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental
A wide-body jet airliner from Boeing, first flown in 2011. It typically seats about 410 passengers and can fly up to 14,320 km.
- Maker
- Boeing
- Family
- 747
- First flight
- 2011
- Typical seats
- 410
- Range
- 14,320 km7,732 nmi
- Length
- 76.3 m
- Engines
- 4 × jet
- Body
- Wide-body
- ICAO type code
- B748
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1Does the 747-8 Intercontinental fly further or less far than the A330-200?
The 747-8 Intercontinental flies up to 14,320 km, 870 km further than the A330-200.
2Does the 747-8 Intercontinental seat more or fewer passengers than the MD-11?
The 747-8 Intercontinental typically seats 410, 117 more than the MD-11.
3Did the 747-8 Intercontinental first fly later or earlier than the A350-1000?
The 747-8 Intercontinental first flew in 2011, 5 years earlier than the A350-1000.
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