In an effort to continue boosting its $735 million cargo division, Eagan-based Northwest Airlines Corp. plans to purchase one or two 747-200 freighter planes annually for the next four to five years.

The plane, tail number 6314, was delivered to Northwest Airlines in 1999 and lasted nearly 20 years. On Wednesday, it flew to a junkyard and maintenance station about 90 miles south of Phoenix ...

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Northwest Airlines has emerged as a potential launch customer for Boeing's 747-400 Special Freighter (SF), as it evaluates the aircraft as an alternative to converting more 747-200s. Jim Stanley ...

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 ...

Northwest Airlines said it signed an agreement to buy from Boeing Co. two 747-200s all-cargo aircraft valued at about $190 million.

Her company’s inventory includes two former Northwest Airlines cargo 747s and a passenger 747 that used to fly for Trans World Airlines, a brand that disappeared after it merged with American ...

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 ...

Boeing 747-4H6, in Rome, N.Y. Owned by Wells Fargo Northwest NA trustee. An Evergreen freighter offloads relief supplies in Haiti after the 2010 earthquake. 779BA.