For a time, Northwest owned and flew more 747s than any other U.S. airline and was Boeing's launch customer for the 747-200 and 747-400 versions of the plane.

The Boeing 747-8I lists for $402.9 million while the 747-8F is a few hundred grand more at $403.6 million. Sadly, this means the writing is on the wall. The Queen of the Skies will likely go out ...

With that, Delta welcomed the 747 back into its fold. With Northwest, Delta acquired 16 passenger 747-400s, two passenger 747-200s (used for charter), and 12 747-200 freighters.

Injuries are being reported after a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-400 carrying more than 400 passengers encountered severe turbulence near Tokyo while operating a flight from Manila today.

The peak year of the 747 came in 2002, when the airplane completed 33,000 flights hauling 10.5 million passengers on 50 airlines. All told, 1,540 Boeing aircraft have been delivered since 1969.

Gallaher had flown the first Northwest 747-400 into Minneapolis in 1989. “I was in the right place at the right time to be able to do all this,” he said.

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.

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 ...

For me, sitting on the upper deck of a Northwest Airlines 747 on a flight to Germany was about as close to space (or heaven) as I am likely to get. Northwest merged with Delta in 2010, but I have ...

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 ...