The aircraft can carry up to 27 passengers or 6,000 pounds of cargo. It is based on the turboprop Dornier 328, formerly produced by Dornier Luftfahrt GmbH, now Fairchild-Dornier. It has been ...

but the biggest passenger planes in the history of aviation continue to fly today — and likely will for years to come. Alongside them, gigantic cargo planes, purpose-built commercial aircraft ...

This particular plane was the first ... was designed to be able to carry cargo as well as it does passengers. In fact, some airlines have even ordered 747 Combi models that haul cargo on the ...