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N661US ship 6301, the first 747-400 is displayed at the Delta Flight Museum. Boeing 767-200: 15 1982 2006 Boeing 737-800 Boeing 757-200 Boeing 767-300ER: N102DA ship 102 named The Spirit Of Delta, is displayed at the Delta Flight Museum. Boeing 767-300: 28 1986 2019 Airbus A321-200 Boeing 737-900ER Boeing 767-300ER: Boeing 777-200ER: 8 1999 ...
Delta Ship 6301 (N661US), the first production 747-400, at the museum. This photograph was taken prior to the construction of the 747 Experience. N661US when it was in service with Northwest Airlines. The most significant aircraft in the outdoor collection is Delta Ship 6301 (N661US), the first production Boeing 747-400.
The Boeing 747-400 is a large, long-range wide-body airliner produced by Boeing Commercial Airplanes, an advanced variant of the initial Boeing 747.The "Advanced Series 300" was announced at the September 1984 Farnborough Airshow, targeting a 10% cost reduction with more efficient engines and 1,000 nautical miles [nmi] (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) of additional range.
As of February 2025, there were 426 Boeing 747 aircraft in active airline service, comprising 1 747-100, 2 747SPs, 16 747-200s, 1 747-300, 256 747-400s, and 150 747-8s. These aircraft are listed by airline operators and variant in the following table.
The aircraft was delivered to Northwest Airlines on December 8, 1989. [7] When Northwest merged with Delta in 2009, N661US became Delta Ship 6301 and continued passenger operations for Delta until it was retired on September 9, 2015, making its final flight from Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu to Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, [8] having logged more than ...
One Boeing 747-400 originally destined to fly for Northwest Airlines was sold to United Airlines which was in service until United retired its 747 fleet in 2017. Northwest was looking for manufacturers to discuss the replacement of their 100, 110 and 125 seat McDonnell Douglas DC-9 aircraft, with an average age of 35 years. [2] [3]
A total of 694 of the 747-400 series aircraft were delivered. [135] At various times, the largest 747-400 operator has included Singapore Airlines, [193] Japan Airlines, [193] and British Airways. [194] [195] As of July 2019, 331 Boeing 747-400s were in service; [168] there were only 10 Boeing 747-400s in passenger service as of September 2021.
The route was to be flown using the Boeing 747-400 until the Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft became available, however, the Detroit–Shanghai nonstop route was taken over by Delta on October 24, 2009, using its Boeing 777-200ER and Boeing 777-200LR aircraft after Delta ended nonstop service between Atlanta and Shanghai due to weak customer ...