northwest airlines

Northwest Airlines began its existence in 1926 as an air mail carrier from Minnesota/St. Paul to Chicago. Since then, the Twin Cities airline has grown into one of the largest passenger carriers in the world.

Over the decades, Northwest Airlines expanded its operations overseas, beginning flights to Tokyothere shortly after World War II, which lead to global expansion throughout the 1950s and 60s. By the 1980s, Northwest purchased rival Republic Airlines, helping grow its domestic share. In 1991, Northwest and KLM began a partnership, offering direct flights between their two headquarters. Northwest's ledger, though was clouded after 9/11, rapidly descending the airline into quarterly losses and ultimately leading the airline to file for bankruptcy in 2005.

In October 2008, Northwest Airlines was purchased by Delta Airlines after receiving final clearance from federal regulators, just over six months after informally agreeing to the deal. Changes from the new combined airline, thought to now be the largest in the world, are to be noticed by fliers in early 2009.

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• Northwest Airlines Flight 188 Pilot Explains How Plane Overshot Minneapolis

  
  Max Trescott on General Aviation — Authority: 113
    Ever since the pilots of NWA 188 overflew their Minneapolisdestination, speculation has been rampant about what actually happened in thecockpit. It was widely assumed that the pilots had fallen asleep. Theirsubsequent explanation that they’d been out of radio communication for 78minutes because they became ...
  5 days ago

• Transcripts Detail Bid to Contact Pilots [Northwest Airlines]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  After the crew finally resumed radio contact, their first communication responding to controller messages was: "Ah, roger, ah, we got distracted and weve flown over ah Minneapolis. We are overhead Eau Claire [Wis.] and would like to make a one-eighty..." ... Soon after radio chatter resumed, a controller said, "I just ...
  5 days ago

• Transcripts Detail Bid to Contact Pilots [Northwest Airlines]

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  After the crew finally resumed radio contact, their first communication responding to controller messages was: "Ah, roger, ah, we got distracted and weve flown over ah Minneapolis. We are overhead Eau Claire [Wis.] and would like to make a one-eighty..." ... Soon after radio chatter resumed, a controller said, "I just ...
  5 days ago

• At least buy me a drink

  
  OLD AND IN THE WAY — Authority: 416
  For 15 the 15 years I’ve lived in Minnesota I have had to pay more for my flights to anywhere else in the world thanks to the “special” relationship between Northwest Airlines and the Airport Commission in the Twin Cities. In a nutshell, 90%+ of the gates at our airport were locked up by NWA. As a result of ...
  6 days ago

• FAA transcripts show efforts to reach Flight 188

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 163
  By JOSHUA FREED AP After a Northwest Airlines plane flew past Minneapolis last month, air traffic controllers asked the pilots repeatedly for explanations about why they didn’t heed radio calls, according to transcripts released on Friday. The Oct. 21 flight had been out of contact for 77 minutes before the ...
  6 days ago

• Northwest Flight 188 incident: ATC audio and transcripts released by FAA

  
  Aircrew Buzz — Authority: 112
  by B. N. Sullivan You may have read some news reports today about the FAAs release of air traffic control audio and transcripts related to the incident in October in which Northwest Airlines Flight 188 was NORDO for over and hour and overflew Minneapolis , its destination -- also known as the laptop pilots ...
  1 week ago

• FAA releases Northwest Flight 188 audio and transcripts

  
  City Pages - The Blotter — Authority: 717
  "We got distracted," is how the cockpit crew described blowing 150 miles past their scheduled destination.
  1 week ago

• Black Friday Frenzy

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 179
  In what has been described as the busiest shopping day of the year, CBS News Don Teague reports that retailers are nervous over how much consumers will spend as they hit the stores this Black Friday.
  1 week ago

• Dubai Debt Sparks Uncertainty

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 179
  An embattled Wall Street now faces concerns over debts plaguing the once-prosperous city of Dubai. As Hari Sreenivasan reports, Dubais setbacks have caused fears of a new potential credit crisis.
  1 week ago

• Distracted Pilot Recordings

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 179
  Harry Smith reports on the Federal Aviation Administrations recent release of audio tapes revealing crew members from a Northwest Airlines flight, which flew 100 miles past its target destination, speaking with air traffic controllers.
  1 week ago

• Wayward Pilots Were ‘Distracted,’ Transcripts Show

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 899
  Transcripts show that a controller twice asked pilots why they flew 150 miles past their destination.
  1 week ago

• What happened on Northwest Airlines Flight 188

  
  AIRLINE BIZ — Authority: 551
  We have two interesting items Friday about the Northwest Airlines flight last month that alarmed people after it didnt have radio contact for more than an hour, and it overflew Minneapolis-St. Paul. We have the Associated Press story that talks about the Federal Aviation Administration transcript of the conversations ...
  1 week ago

• FAA Releases Transcripts of Northwest Flight That Overflew Minneapolis

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 504
  New transcripts from the Northwest Airlines flight that overflew Minneapolis show air traffic controllers asking the crew about what happened, and whether they had enough fuel.
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• A Tougher DOT Hits Airlines For Stranding Passengers

  
  WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal — Authority: 117
  The DOT fines three airlines for leaving passengers stranded aboard a jet overnight.
  1 week ago

• Only approved electronic devices allowed in the cockpit?

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines Maybe the flight attendants should start talking to the cockpit, too. When a plane overshot Minneapolis last month because the crew was playing around with personal laptops, national attention turned to what actually goes on in the front of the plane. ...
  1 week ago

• Debra O’Connor: Amazing Advocate

  
  Judy Vorfeld's Office Support Services — Authority: 116
  Debra O’Connor, Pioneer Press Watchdog, is one of my heroes. Two years ago, thanks to her willingness to advocate for Mark Grewing, dozens of volunteers and Pioneer Press readers came to the aid of Grewing, a White Bear Lake man whose service dog had been taken away. Today, Mark Grewing and his new companion dog, ...
  1 week ago

• Air Travel Computer Breakdown: The Hardest Hit Airlines

  
  WSJ.com: The Middle Seat Terminal — Authority: 117
  AirTran Airways, Delta Air Lines and jetBlue Airways seem to be hardest hit from this morning’s Federal Aviation Administration computer breakdown.
  2 weeks ago

• Delta joins the ranks of "cashless cabins"

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: North America , United States , Airlines , Transportation , News , Central America , Caribbean I cant remember the last time I paid with cash for a drink on a domestic flight. Even on my last few international flights, I pulled out the plastic when it was time for a nerve-calming vodka-cran. So ...
  2 weeks ago

• Controllers Were Slow to Notify Defense Command of Errant Jet

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 899
  Air traffic control supervisors delayed nearly an hour in notifying Norad that a Northwest Airlines jetliner was not responding to radio calls.
  3 weeks ago

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