In 1987, Northwest Airlines 747 pilot Robert Plath sold his two wheeled Rollaboard design to fellow airline professionals so that today, all us civilian four-wheeled spinner suitcase addicts could ...

Passenger airlines have ordered 31 747-8s, the current version of the plane. By comparison, airlines have ordered 979 of its smaller but ultra-fuel-efficient 787 Dreamliner. The cost is a factor.

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WASHINGTON (CBS.MW) -- An arbitration board ruled Monday that Northwest Airlines must restore 150 aircraft mechanics jobs. The mechanics were laid off after Northwest retired 11 747 jets following ...

Delta and Northwest Airlines (which merged with Delta in 2008) operated the 747 in passenger service from 1970 to 2017. Delta became the last U.S. airline to retire the 747 from passenger service.

Northwest recently finished refurbishing its seventh Boeing 747-400 and retrofitting the plane with 65 of its new World Business Class seats and a new Matsushita inflight entertainment system ...

Northwest Airlines Cargo acquired two Boeing 747-200 aircraft from Japan Airlines for conversion into freighters. Boeing's Wichita facility will perform the conversion. The freighters are slated ...

In 1987, Northwest Airlines 747 pilot Robert Plath sold his two wheeled Rollaboard design to fellow airline professionals so that today, all us civilian four-wheeled spinner suitcase addicts could ...