Delta's return to the iconic Boeing 747 after an 18-year hiatus was no mere coincidence.

The new limited editor Delta SkyMiles Reserve American Express Card, the first to made from the melted-down metal of a retired Delta Boeing 747. The Boeing 747 may be fading from the skies, but Delta ...

In 2018, Delta Air Lines retired the last of its Boeing 747s—the iconic wide-body jets that, from their first flights in 1969, forever changed the scale and magnitude of commercial air travel. [Image: ...

A Boeing 747 is one of the most popular exhibits at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta. This particular plane was the first Boeing 747-400 ever made and entered service in 1989. The jet flew for Delta ...

The Delta Flight Museum is located near Atlanta's airport at the headquarters of Delta Air Lines. The museum has been closed to the public for renovations but will reopen in April. Exhibits include ...

When the Boeing 747 aircraft entered service in 1970, it changed air travel forever. Not only was the plane double the size of the largest existing aircraft — there's a reason it was nicknamed the ...

A limited-edition version of the Delta SkyMiles Reserve American Express card debuting Thursday is designed to appeal to aviation aficionados and others who want to carry a piece of a Boeing 747 in ...

ATLANTA, Dec. 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Wheels Up Experience Inc. (NYSE: UP), a leading provider of on-demand private aviation, today announced that beginning in early January 2026, Wheels Up members ...

(RTTNews) - American Express (AXP) and Delta Air Lines (DAL) announced Thursday the launch of the first-ever credit card design made with the metal from a retired Delta Boeing 747 aircraft. The ...

Seen from the sky above Marana, Ariz., an unlikely sight appears amid the arid desert landscape dotted with cactus. There in the gravelly sand sit roughly a hundred airplanes parked in rows — some in ...

The origin of the Boeing 747 program was to build an extra-large military transport for the United States Air Force. Boeing lost to Lockheed, which went on to build the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy for the Air ...