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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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Old Jul 2, 2017, 10:02 am
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One more domestic 747 one-off flight: DL 1284 HNL-LAX on September 5

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Old Jul 2, 2017, 10:12 am
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Originally Posted by Chadg
One more domestic 747 one-off flight: DL 1284 HNL-LAX on September 5

https://twitter.com/Airlineroute/sta...61664394039296
And yet again zero seat availability up/down front/back as of 1210pm EDT 7-2-2017.
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Old Jul 2, 2017, 10:23 am
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Originally Posted by steved5480
And yet again zero seat availability up/down front/back as of 1210pm EDT 7-2-2017.
What do you mean? They are selling First Class fares on this flight (A fares)
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Old Jul 2, 2017, 10:30 am
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Originally Posted by Chadg
What do you mean? They are selling First Class fares on this flight (A fares)
Sorry for my lack of clarity..."selling" yes, but seat map shows zero seat availability in all cabins/both decks all the way thru to the "purchase" screen.

I know that's part of their new IT ineptness, but if i wanted seat-assignment-roulette, I'd fly WN to Houston
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Old Jul 2, 2017, 11:33 am
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Originally Posted by Chadg
One more domestic 747 one-off flight: DL 1284 HNL-LAX on September 5.
mystery solved ... this is the jet for DL 1352 (LAX-DTW redeye) that night
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Old Jul 2, 2017, 12:51 pm
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Is it safe to assume it will fly from LAX to DTW?
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Old Jul 2, 2017, 12:54 pm
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Originally Posted by hockeyinsider
Is it safe to assume it will fly from LAX to DTW?
I doubt it's going to take the freeways
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Old Jul 2, 2017, 3:06 pm
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Originally Posted by Comarm
I didn't realize they were having so many problems. I managed to snag a cheap D1 fare DTW-NRT for late August. Hold it together till then please.

Need to fufill my lifelong dream of a ride on the upper deck of one of these birds!
Salivating at the thought of a cheap D1 fare to NRT. Care to share details? I can't see anything right now...
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Old Jul 2, 2017, 3:12 pm
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Originally Posted by jrl767
mystery solved ... this is the jet for DL 1352 (LAX-DTW redeye) that night
And just like DL 1352 later that day, the seat-map for DL 1284 on HNL-LAX is completely grayed-out, despite seats being for sale in all cabins. Not sure on DL's reasoning for graying out the seatmaps on these two flights.
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Old Jul 2, 2017, 3:51 pm
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Originally Posted by DeltaFan4Now
Salivating at the thought of a cheap D1 fare to NRT. Care to share details? I can't see anything right now...
Book starting/ending at YYZ.
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Old Jul 3, 2017, 12:43 am
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Originally Posted by Chadg
One more domestic 747 one-off flight: DL 1284 HNL-LAX on September 5

https://twitter.com/Airlineroute/sta...61664394039296
Presumably continuing on after operating DL576, NRT-HNL, on 5 Sep, which should be the last DL 747 flight on that route.
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Old Jul 3, 2017, 2:16 am
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Good news is 1284 HNL-LAX is wide open. D1 still has half the seats open.
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Old Jul 3, 2017, 2:29 am
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Originally Posted by steved5480
And yet again zero seat availability up/down front/back as of 1210pm EDT 7-2-2017.
Seat Map is actually open.

For Main Deck First Class, 24 of 34 seats still available to choose.
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Old Jul 3, 2017, 7:59 am
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Originally Posted by jimyvr
Seat Map is actually open.

For Main Deck First Class, 24 of 34 seats still available to choose.
10am July 3 & seat map appears totally closed again (grayed out) although ticketing is wide-open.
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Old Jul 3, 2017, 10:17 am
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Originally Posted by steved5480
Sorry for my lack of clarity..."selling" yes, but seat map shows zero seat availability in all cabins/both decks all the way thru to the "purchase" screen.

I know that's part of their new IT ineptness, but if i wanted seat-assignment-roulette, I'd fly WN to Houston
DL does not block seatmap visibility on new bookings. This is clearly intentional, not an "IT ineptness".
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