Delta details Boeing 747 farewell tour through Seattle

Delta will fly a Boeing 747 on a farewell tour through Seattle next month. The airline is retiring its jumbo jets by the end of the year as it brings new Airbus A350 jets into service. The last regularly scheduled flight is from Seoul to Detroit set for Dec 17. The jet will then take Delta employees, retirees and customers on flights from Detroit to Seattle Dec 18, Seattle to Atlanta Dec 19 and Atlanta to Minneapolis Dec 20. Delta will fly the Boeing 747 on charter flights for sports teams and other customers through the end of the year, and then fly the double-decker into retirement in Arizona in early January. Delta customers can bid with SkyMiles for a spot on the flights. United flew its last scheduled flight on a Boeing 747 last week.<br/>