Passenger airlines have ordered 31 747-8s, the current version of the plane. By comparison, airlines have ordered 979 of its smaller but ultra-fuel-efficient 787 Dreamliner. The cost is a factor.

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 ...

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.

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Delta and Northwest Airlines (which merged with Delta in 2008) operated the 747 in passenger service from 1970 to 2017. Delta became the last U.S. airline to retire the 747 from passenger service.

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 moved operations into new headquarters at Wold-Chamberlain Field (formerly Speedway, later Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport) in 1961. It introduced flights to California.