The good times did not last for Delta and its 747, however. The airline decided in 1974 that the jets were too big and began trading them back to Boeing. The "Queen of the Skies" was all but gone ...

Delta Air Lines once had up to 31 Boeing 747s in its fleet but retired them to make way for the Airbus A350-900. One retired Boeing 747-100 has been preserved at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta.

With that, nearly 50 years of passenger 747 service with U.S. based airlines will come to an end. TODAY IN THE SKY: Staffing issue: Delta's last Boeing 747 round-trip pushed back Need a break?

For a half-century, Boeing Co. 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 ...

A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits ... The museum is housed in a pair of historic hangars at Delta Air Lines headquarters on the northern edge of Atlanta's airport.

The iconic Boeing 747 jumbo jet will fly its final commercial flight for a U.S. passenger airline with a Delta Air Lines flight Tuesday. Delta, the only remaining U.S. passenger airline to fly the ...

The Boeing 747 may be fading from the skies, but Delta Airlines is betting it has not faded from the hearts of high-end customers. That’s why Delta and partner AMEX have launched the new Delta ...

Exhibits include the first Boeing 747-400 ever built and a working Boeing 737 flight simulator. This year, Delta Air Lines is celebrating its centennial. Huff Daland Dusters, the humble crop ...

Employees lined the ramp at LAX, waving orange wands as the 747 made its late-night departure to Detroit. Delta Air Lines is preparing to say goodbye to its own fleet of iconic Boeing 747s later ...

Although Delta Air Lines flew its last Boeing 747 service in 2017, its SkyMiles frequent flyer program members can still earn miles on flights operated by the iconic Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 ...