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 ...

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. The ...

After 16 years as a captain on Northwest Airlines 747s, Steve Bowen retired in 2005 and has since flown to many places around the world on vacations. But until now, none of those trips was on the ...

For a half-century, Boeing mechanics in a sprawling factory north of Seattle have riveted together aluminum panels into the familiar hump-backed form of the 747 jumbo jet. Test pilots then put each ...

Tokyo Narita-Saipan route, departed Tokyo Narita yesterday at 3:35 p.m. local time as flight 8, and arrived in Seattle on-time at 8:10 a.m. today, marking the end of 747-200 trans-Pacific service. The ...

DeltaJudging from the sheer number of comments to our paltry post on Delta dipping the first of Northwest's red-tailed 747-400s in Delta blue, we figured we'd follow up a little and offer a new ...

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, vice ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Among Delta's remaining Northwest Airlines jumbo jets is ...

Northwest Airlines Flight 85 was cruising at 35,000 feet last month on a routine flight from Detroit to Tokyo when something apparently broke in the rudder-control system on the tail. The jet, ...

Flight International online news 08:30GMT: US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) officials are investigating the landing gear collapse of a Northwest Airlines Boeing 747-200. The incident ...