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 ...

Northwest began operating the 747-200 in 1975, when the airline took its first delivery of the new model jumbo jet. Northwest's 747-200 passenger fleet peaked in size at 22 aircraft in 1997.

Planespotters.net lists Laurinburg-Maxton Airport as being home to the former Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-100. The Jumbo is registered N603US, has MSN 19780, and line number 45. It was one of ...

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.

Northwest Airlines told the Air Line Pilots Association the airline will close Honolulu and Minneapolis Boeing 747-200 bases in November after Northwest stops flying -200s from those cities.

Northwest Airlines is retiring its last 747-200 from scheduled revenue service.The 430-seat aircraft, which most recently operated NWA’s Tokyo Narita-Saipan route, departed Tokyo Narita ...

Former Northwest Airlines Capt. John Hansen flew the airline's Boeing 747 route from Detroit to Toyko for years. In 2002, the plane tried to kill him and 400 passengers. This is the never-before ...

SEATTLE -- A Kalitta Air Boeing 747-200 delivers a soft puff of white smoke as the jet completes its second-to-last landing ever Thursday at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. On Friday, the ...

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A Chicago-bound Northwest Airlines 747 out of Tokyo and another jumbo jet came within a scant 400 feet of one another as they averted a collision that could have claimed nearly 700 lives, the ...

When Delta Air Lines bought Northwest Airlines for $2.6 billion last year, it inherited a hodgepodge of 436 planes that included everything from Airbus A330s to Boeing 747s and even some ancient ...