Northwest Airlines retires its final 747-200

It’s the end of the line for Northwest Airlines’s last Everett-built 747-200.

The Minnesota-based carrier retired its final 747-200 from service today, following a flight from Tokyo to Seattle. The plane, built in 1979, will fly to Minneapolis this afternoon for its official retirement from passenger service.

“The 747-200 was the mainstay of our international fleet, particularly in the Pacific, for several decades,” said Captain Lane Littrell, Northwest’s fleet training captain on the 747-200, in a press release.

Northwest had operated as many as 22 747-200s, introducing the plane to its fleet in 1975.

The airline has replaced the Boeing jets with Airbus A330s.