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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Charlotte-based reporter Ted Reed covers airlines and airline labor. Let’s just say upfront that during the past month many ...

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. This ...

Northwest recently finished refurbishing its seventh Boeing 747-400 and retrofitting the plane with 65 of its new World Business Class seats and a new Matsushita inflight entertainment system.