the first of Northwest's 16 red-tailed 747-400s has been dipped in Delta blue. Here's a shot of the aircraft in Delta's Victorville, Calif., hangar. Over at the Delta blog, Steve G. Smith writes ...

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 ...

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 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.