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Continental to make North Terminal new home at DTW...as Northwest and its European partner KLM Royal Dutch. Northwest and Continental even mulled a merger in the late 1990s, a move that was quashed by antitrust authorities in Washington. Mekeisha Madden Toby: Sadly, it was only a matter of... In this article: Continental Airlines, Delta, Northwest, Star Alliance, Jaundice, KLM, Air France, and Compuware |
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Yahoo! News | November 04, 2009
FAA chief: Pilots must refocus on professionalism (AP)
WASHINGTON - The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis are part of a larger problem - eroding professionalism among commercial airline pilots, Federal Aviation Administration Administrator Randy Babbitt said Wednesday.
In this article: Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Minneapolis, Airbus A320, and Buffalo
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washingtonpost.com | November 13, 2009
FAA: Procedures reinforced for alerting military
...the military when air traffic controllers lose contact with planes. The move comes as a result of the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis last month. FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt told reporters that air traffic control...
In this article: Federal Aviation Administration, Minneapolis, Airbus A320, Denver, San Diego, Washington, and Wisconsin
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Miami Herald | October 26, 2009
Wayward pilots were working on their laptops
...is below. WASHINGTON (AP) - Two Northwest Airlines pilots tell federal investigators that they were going over scheduling using their laptop computers while their plane overflew their Minneapolis destination by 150 miles. National...
In this article: National Transportation Safety Board, Minneapolis, Washington, and The Miami Herald
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USATODAY.com | November 05, 2009
Northwest 'overshot' pilots appeal license revocation
...Lowy, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON The Northwest Airlines pilots who overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles have filed appeals of their license revocations with the National Transportation Safety Board. The appeals were filed late...
In this article: Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Minneapolis, All rights reserved, and Airbus A320
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San Diego Union-Tribune | October 24, 2009
White House situation room monitored wayward plane
...brought to Washington. (Oct. 23) by AP WASHINGTON There was concern at the White House about that wayward Northwest Airlines jet that flew past its scheduled destination in Minneapolis. White House spokesman Nick Shapiro told The...
In this article: White House, Washington, National Transportation Safety Board, Minneapolis, Barack Obama, and Associated Press
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TIME | November 08, 2009
Bill Would Ban Laptops in Airline Cockpits
WASHINGTON) Lawmakers are moving to ban the use of computer laptops and other personal electronic devices in airline cockpits to prevent another incident like the Northwest Airlines plane that overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles. Sen....
In this article: Byron Dorgan, Federal Aviation Administration, National Transportation Safety Board, Robert Menendez, Minneapolis, White House, Flight 447, and DVD
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thumb|Entrance sign to Northwest Airlines headquarters in [[Eagan, Minnesota|Eagan]]
Northwest Airlines, Inc. (often abbreviated NWA), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, Inc., is a major United States airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, near Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (Minnesota / USA). Northwest has three major hubs in the United States: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, and Memphis International Airport. Northwest also operates flights from its Asian hub at Tokyo Narita International Airport (Japan). Transatlantic flights are operated from its European hub at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport in cooperation with its partner airline KLM.
As of 2006, Northwest was the world's sixth largest airline in terms of domestic and international scheduled passenger miles flown and the U.S.'s sixth largest airline in terms of domestic passenger miles flown. In addition to operating one of the largest domestic route networks in the U.S., Northwest carries more passengers across the Pacific Ocean (5.1 million in 2004) than any other U.S. carrier, and carries more domestic air cargo than any other American passenger airline. It is the only U.S. combination carrier (passenger and cargo service) operating dedicated Boeing 747 freighters. The airline, along with its then-parent company, Northwest Airlines Corporation and subsidiaries, operated under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection which, in the United States, allows continued operation during the reorganization effort, not cessation of flights as in the case in some countries. Northwest emerged from bankruptcy protection on May 31, 2007.
- Name:
- Northwest Airlines
- Founding Date:
- January 01, 1926
- Parent Company:
- Delta Air Lines Inc.
- Motto:
- Now You're Flying Smart.
- Callsign:
- NORTHWEST
- Destinations:
- 254
- ICAO Designation:
- NWA
- IATA Designation:
- NW
- Frequent Flier Program:
- WorldPerks
- Alliances:
- SkyTeam
- Size:
- 304 (+25 orders, 50 options)
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