Tag: China

NWA’s celebration of its 50th anniversary across the Pacific was most visibly highlighted by the special 747-400 WorldPlane livery

https://northwestairlineshistory.org/2019/03/18/reflections-extra-worldplane-article-in-worldtraveler

https://northwestairlineshistory.org/2019/07/22/reflections-extra-even-more-worldplane-photos/

In the June 1997 issue of WorldTraveler magazine, a timeline and photo essay was included in addition to the WorldPlane feature – click on the image above to read the full piece.

In our celebration of 75 years since NWA began the first commercial flights using the Great Circle route across the North Pacific to connect East Asia with North America, we’ll be posting several features from the NWAHC archive in July. First up is a scan from the July 2007 NWA WorldTraveler magazine with interviews and history clips of the-then sixty years of service to Asia.