The Boeing 747 is a wide-body transcontinental commercial airliner manufactured by Boeing from 1969 to 2022. It is known for its large size and its characteristic nickname »Jumbo« in English: Huge or Colossal, and was the largest passenger airliner in the world for 36 years (until the first flight of the Airbus A380 in 2005). being one of the most famous aircraft models on the planet. It made its first commercial flight in 1969 and was the first wide-body aircraft.