Delta may fly its Boeing 747s into 2018 for charter purposes

[Stratofreighter]

http://liveandletsfly.boardingarea.com/ ... 47-flight/

The final 747 flights on Delta will now be:

December 17, 2017: Delta flight 159 departing Detroit at 12:31 p.m. and arriving Seoul-Incheon at 4:30 p.m. (Dec. 18)
December 19, 2017: Delta flight 158 departing Seoul-Incheon at 11:15 a.m. and arriving Detroit at 10:14 a.m.

While the last commercial service is scheduled for 12/19,
Delta will likely continue to use the 747 for charter purposes for weeks to come.

That makes the final scheduled flight a bit less dramatic.

http://www.travelandleisure.com/travel- ... 747-flight

The aircraft will then embark on an “employee farewell tour” from Detroit to Seattle to Atlanta to Minneapolis-St. Paul. The plane has already been commissioned for charter flights through December 31. In early 2018, it will make its final flight to its resting place in Arizona.

http://www.myajc.com/business/delta-ret ... d19GRpjaP/

Atlanta-based Delta’s last commercial 747 flight will be Dec. 19 from Seoul to Detroit. However, Delta will use the 747 to fly some charter flights this year before retiring the planes to Arizona in early January.

[Bennie]

Spoke to some of my Delta Airlines colleagues about the ‘Whale’ retirement. Some pax that bought tickets for what was thought to be the last commercial flight will not be amused......

[Arjenp]

Schedule has changed. DL159 on the 17th is cancelled and replaced by DL9859 on the 18th. (via)