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 ...

A Delta Boeing 747-400 returned to Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport July 1 from its first round-trip passenger flight since coming out of retirement. Jim Hammerand | MSPBJ Delta has ...

On Wednesday, the 747 flies into Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, once the home of Northwest Airlines, which flew the jumbo jets on its global routes. The airport suggests watching the ...

Impact Link The jumbo jet's days as a passenger plane are numbered. The Boeing 747, once the go-to passenger jet for airlines around the world, is destined to live out its days as a cargo jet.

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.

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 ...

In 1971, a man going by the name of D.B. Cooper jumped from a Northwest Airlines 747 over Washington state, carrying $200,000 in ransom money from the airlines, and two parachutes.