The Boeing 747 wasn't just revolutionary due to its low per-seat costs, but also for its range. No other aircraft could fly ...

The pilots on Japan Airlines 123 had no idea their flight was doomed from the very beginning - resulting in the death of 520 ...

TOKYO: Family members of victims in the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident hiked Tuesday (Aug 12) to the mountainous ...

Family members of victims in the world's deadliest single-aircraft accident hiked Tuesday to the mountainous site in Japan ...

For me, sitting on the upper deck of a Northwest Airlines 747 on a flight to Germany was about as close to space (or heaven) as I am likely to get. Northwest merged with Delta in 2010, but I have ...

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.

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 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.

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.

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 ...

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US operator National Airlines has introduced a Boeing 747-400ERF to its fleet, an extended-range version of the high-capacity freighter. The carrier - which is based in Orlando but operates hubs ...