I toured the Boeing 747 Experience at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. The jet was the first Boeing 747-400 produced and ...

With that, Delta welcomed the 747 back into its fold. With Northwest, Delta acquired 16 passenger 747-400s, two passenger 747-200s (used for charter), and 12 747-200 freighters. MORE: Midair vows ...

Delta dubbed this 747-400 Ship 6301. After 27 years of service — first with Northwest Airlines — then with Delta after the two airlines merged in 2008, it was time to retire Ship 6301 last year.

The exhibit is inside a retired 747-400 that Delta parked at the museum on its headquarters campus just north of Hartsfield-Jackson’s runways.

A retired Delta Boeing 747 gets new life as a Delta SkyMiles Reserve American Express Card, ... is composed of 25% metal from Delta Ship #6307, a retired Boeing 747-400.

Delta retires first Boeing 747-400; dodged disaster on NWA flight (Photos) Expand. Delta Ship 6301 made its first flight with Eagan-based Northwest Airlines in December 1989.

Delta Air Lines is refurbishing the interior of its sixteen 747-400s, which primarily fly from its Tokyo-Narita hub.

ROMULUS, Mich. -- The Queen of the Skies isn’t quite ready to relinquish her throne at Delta Air Lines. The carrier’s last regularly scheduled U.S. departure of its Boeing 747-400 jumbo jet ...

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 ...

Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, the only remaining U.S. passenger airline to fly the 747, is retiring the plane from its fleet. In 1966, Boeing announced plans to build the 747.

DeltaDelta sends us a heads up on the latest turn of the screw in its marriage with Northwest: the first of Northwest's 16 red-tailed 747-400s has been dipped in Delta blue. Here's a shot of the ...