Northwest Airlines Flight 85 was cruising at 35,000 feet last month ... what happened on Northwest Flight 85 was a first for the 747 -- and proves that the jumbo jet's elaborate backup systems ...

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 ...

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 ...

Qantas operated an all-747 fleet for six years (1979-85) after it retired its last ... role for the major U.S. carriers. United Airlines and Northwest Airlines (now part of Delta Air Lines ...

Pratt & Whitney then used the aircraft as a test bed for its PW4000 series engines, which would power all of Delta's 747-400s. The plane entered commercial service with Northwest Airlines in ...