Jul 14, 2013, 4:18 am
Last edit by: Zorak
Last updated: 03/7/2018
Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 Fleet Status/Information
Of 16 frames: 0 Active, 1 Preserved, 15 Retired/Stored,
Registration / Ship# (Delivery Month/Yr): Status/other information
N661US / 6301 (12/89): Preserved at the Delta Flight Museum. Was the first 744 ever built. Last revenue flight was HNL-ATL arriving on the morning of 09/09/15. Arrived at the Delta Flight Museum 04/30/2016 and was renovated to be a permanent exhibit. To learn more about the project visit this website. (DL museum website is here)
N662US / 6302 (03/89): Retired, flew to MZJ on 10/15/17. Was the first 744 (in 2012) to be renovated into the 376 pax configuration after the DL/NW merger.
N663US / 6303 (01/89): SCRAPPED, flew to MZJ on 11/05/15.
N664US / 6304 (04/89): SCRAPPED, en-route (DTW-ICN) over China on 06/17/15, was severely damaged by hail. Temporary repairs to make it air-worthy were made. It flew directly from ICN to MZJ on 07/10/15.
N665US / 6305 (09/89): SCRAPPED, flew to MZJ 12/01/16. Was the first 744 (in 2008) to be re-painted in the Delta livery after the DL/NW merger.
N666US / 6306 (08/89): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/26/17. Was the last 744 (in 2017) to perform a revenue passenger flight (12/19/2017 DL158 ICN-DTW).
N667US / 6307 (07/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 11/18/17.
N668US / 6308 (07/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/06/17.
N669US / 6309 (08/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/23/17.
N670US / 6310 (08/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/26/17.
N671US / 6311 (03/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 09/30/14. Due to 6304's damage, it was pulled from storage on 06/28/15 and re-entered revenue service. Was flown back to MZJ and re-retired on 10/31/15.
N672US / 6312 (07/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/01/14.
N673US / 6313 (08/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/31/16.
N674US / 6314 (10/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 01/03/18. Was the last 744 in the fleet to retire (in 2018).
N675NW / 6315 (03/02): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/25/15.
N676NW / 6316 (04/02): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/01/14.
Fleet Notes:
Final scheduled flight: DL158 ICN-DTW 12/19/17 (N666US).
Delta Air Lines Boeing 747-400 Fleet Status/Information
Of 16 frames: 0 Active, 1 Preserved, 15 Retired/Stored,
Registration / Ship# (Delivery Month/Yr): Status/other information
N661US / 6301 (12/89): Preserved at the Delta Flight Museum. Was the first 744 ever built. Last revenue flight was HNL-ATL arriving on the morning of 09/09/15. Arrived at the Delta Flight Museum 04/30/2016 and was renovated to be a permanent exhibit. To learn more about the project visit this website. (DL museum website is here)
N662US / 6302 (03/89): Retired, flew to MZJ on 10/15/17. Was the first 744 (in 2012) to be renovated into the 376 pax configuration after the DL/NW merger.
N663US / 6303 (01/89): SCRAPPED, flew to MZJ on 11/05/15.
N664US / 6304 (04/89): SCRAPPED, en-route (DTW-ICN) over China on 06/17/15, was severely damaged by hail. Temporary repairs to make it air-worthy were made. It flew directly from ICN to MZJ on 07/10/15.
N665US / 6305 (09/89): SCRAPPED, flew to MZJ 12/01/16. Was the first 744 (in 2008) to be re-painted in the Delta livery after the DL/NW merger.
N666US / 6306 (08/89): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/26/17. Was the last 744 (in 2017) to perform a revenue passenger flight (12/19/2017 DL158 ICN-DTW).
N667US / 6307 (07/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 11/18/17.
N668US / 6308 (07/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/06/17.
N669US / 6309 (08/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/23/17.
N670US / 6310 (08/90): Retired, flew to MZJ 12/26/17.
N671US / 6311 (03/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 09/30/14. Due to 6304's damage, it was pulled from storage on 06/28/15 and re-entered revenue service. Was flown back to MZJ and re-retired on 10/31/15.
N672US / 6312 (07/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/01/14.
N673US / 6313 (08/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/31/16.
N674US / 6314 (10/99): Retired, flew to MZJ 01/03/18. Was the last 744 in the fleet to retire (in 2018).
N675NW / 6315 (03/02): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/25/15.
N676NW / 6316 (04/02): Retired, flew to MZJ 10/01/14.
Fleet Notes:
Final scheduled flight: DL158 ICN-DTW 12/19/17 (N666US).
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Oct 18, 2015, 8:34 am
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Three flights this summer upstairs, I think any seat is good, although the old ext row seems especially nice to me. Board early and try to visit the flight deck, the pilots seem to love to talk about the 747s.
Oct 19, 2015, 4:05 pm
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we will all miss it very much, but at least N661US will be open for tours at the ATL museum. It is great that such a legend is being preserved! 
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Oct 19, 2015, 7:43 pm
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This will likely become official tomorrow at the earnings call announcement. Real question is the delivery schedule of these 11 planes. They will have to be converted to 656K tons MTOW and the RR engines matched to the RR 895 currently operating Delta's 772s. RR/SQ/DL must have struck a great deal to get them up Delta's operating standards, a rather tall task considering how SQ has used many of these planes. I would assume they'll start arriving next year but will take several months of refitting by TechOps to bring them up to standard. This is pretty much the end of Delta's 747 operations even before the A350 starts showing up. There are several more questions that I along with many on this board will have and I'm sure we'll hear many of those answers shortly.
I'd say there's a great chance Delta's newest product in D1 debuts on these refurbished aircraft as I highly doubt they'll put in generation one of their D1 product considering they haven't ordered of those seats from Contour Aerospace (now Zodiac) in five years and Zodiac's chronic delays on seats. (See AA)
I'd say there's a great chance Delta's newest product in D1 debuts on these refurbished aircraft as I highly doubt they'll put in generation one of their D1 product considering they haven't ordered of those seats from Contour Aerospace (now Zodiac) in five years and Zodiac's chronic delays on seats. (See AA)
Oct 19, 2015, 7:54 pm
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Oct 20, 2015, 5:16 am
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I don't know what excites me more, the A359 in Delta's fleet or a new flat bed product. I'm gonna do everything in my power to be on that inaug flight.
Oct 22, 2015, 1:10 pm
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Delta Airlines Boeing 747-400 Operations 2015/16
Expect some equipment retirements within the near future, possibly during the weeks of 10/19/2015 and 10/26/2015. Aircraft will still be used as military charters as well.
***UPDATED 10/22/2015 BASED ON www.delta.com INFORMATION AND FLIGHT SCHEDULES***
RECENT PAST:
9/8/2015 Route drop: ATL-HNL
10/05/2015 Route change: DTW-NRT 4x weekly
10/06/2015 Route change: DTW-ICN ex Tue/Wed 5x weekly
UPCOMING:
10/22/2015 Route drop: ATL-AMS
10/22/2015 Route drop: DTW-CDG
10/23/2015 Route drop: DTW-PVG
10/24/2015 Route drop: DTW-AMS
11/16/2015 Route resume: DTW-CDG
11/30/2015 Route drop: DTW-CDG
01/03/2016 Route drop: HNL-NRT
03/24/2016 Route change: DTW-NRT daily
03/24/2016 Route change: DTW-ICN daily
03/27/2016 Route resume: DTW-PVG daily
Expect some equipment retirements within the near future, possibly during the weeks of 10/19/2015 and 10/26/2015. Aircraft will still be used as military charters as well.
***UPDATED 10/22/2015 BASED ON www.delta.com INFORMATION AND FLIGHT SCHEDULES***
RECENT PAST:
9/8/2015 Route drop: ATL-HNL
10/05/2015 Route change: DTW-NRT 4x weekly
10/06/2015 Route change: DTW-ICN ex Tue/Wed 5x weekly
UPCOMING:
10/22/2015 Route drop: ATL-AMS
10/22/2015 Route drop: DTW-CDG
10/23/2015 Route drop: DTW-PVG
10/24/2015 Route drop: DTW-AMS
11/16/2015 Route resume: DTW-CDG
11/30/2015 Route drop: DTW-CDG
01/03/2016 Route drop: HNL-NRT
03/24/2016 Route change: DTW-NRT daily
03/24/2016 Route change: DTW-ICN daily
03/27/2016 Route resume: DTW-PVG daily
Last edited by Delta757man; Oct 23, 2015 at 10:34 am
Oct 22, 2015, 8:29 pm
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Any chance delta will parade the 747 around the country on various routes prior to retirement? It would be nice to see them send it off giving us a chance to ride or see it one more time.
Oct 25, 2015, 12:53 pm
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Oct 25, 2015, 1:27 pm
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http://www.airfleets.net/ficheapp/plane-b747-33001.htm
wishful thinking though...anyways it might return but I highly doubt it unless another N664US or similar event occurs.
Oct 25, 2015, 3:43 pm
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I would venture to say that's likely. The DC-9 did a little hub hopping for it's last scheduled day of operation. I'd guess the 747 would do the same.
Oct 25, 2015, 4:29 pm
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imagine it might be only possible for high seat demand routes .....
Oct 25, 2015, 5:22 pm
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Oct 26, 2015, 6:46 am
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