Delta Ship 6301 made its first flight with Eagan-based Northwest Airlines in December 1989 Delta Airlines The jet dodged disaster in 2002 when it experienced a first-of-its-kind tail control ...

EAGAN, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) today is retiring its last 747-200 from scheduled revenue service. The 430-seat aircraft, which most recently operated NWA’s Tokyo ...

Delta has scheduled a rare round-trip Boeing 747 flight out of Minneapolis Wednesday, with tickets starting at $1,187. Northwest Airlines nostalgics and aviation fanatics could view a rare sight ...

Impact Link The jumbo jet's days as a passenger plane are numbered. The Boeing 747, once the go-to passenger jet for airlines around the world, is destined to live out its days as a cargo jet.

On Wednesday, the 747 flies into Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, once the home of Northwest Airlines, which flew the jumbo jets on its global routes. The airport suggests watching the ...

It’s the end of the line for Northwest Airlines’s last Everett-built 747-200. The Minnesota-based carrier retired its final 747-200 from service today, following a flight from Tokyo to Seattle.

That would have probably been the end of Delta's history with the 747 had it not been for the airline’s acquisition of Northwest Airlines, which closed in 2008. With that, Delta welcomed the ...

In 1971, a man going by the name of D.B. Cooper jumped from a Northwest Airlines 747 over Washington state, carrying $200,000 in ransom money from the airlines, and two parachutes.