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NWA Makes Deal With Pilots to Decrease Flight Cancellations
Northwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots, addressing the post-bankruptcy staffing issues that resulted in excessive flight cancellations and many unhappy customers. Effective August 1, the deal gives pilots time-and-a-half for monthly hours beyond 80 (which had recently been increased to 90) and rewards them with a...
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Northwest cuts flight schedule by 12 percent Northwest Airlines Corp. is reducing its flight schedule by 12 percent because of a drop in demand caused by the war in Iraq. The airline also plans to eliminate 4,900 jobs and take 20 jets out...
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TA Associates Completes $60 Million Minority Investment in e-Rewards
BOSTON -- TA Associates, a leading growth private equity and buyout firm, today announced it has completed a $60 million minority investment in e-Rewards, Inc., a leading online market research panel provider. e-Rewards is the largest "by-invitation-only" online research panel in the country, serving over 700 research firms....
Delta, NWA pilots lay out ideas for merger
ATLANTA -- Delta Air Lines Inc. pilots want their seniority list merged with Northwest Airlines Corp.'s pilot list based on pilots' status and aircraft category, while Northwest pilots insist the fair and equitable method is to merge the lists based on pilots' date of hire. The arguments...
September traffic announced by Northwest Airlines
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A September consolidated mainline and regional load factor of 83.3%, 0.4 points below September 2007, has been announced by Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA). The company also announced a mainline load factor of 84.8%, 0.3 points above September 2007. During...
Beacon Equity Issues Technical Trade Alerts on Major Airline Stocks: LCC, DAL, NWA, AMR, UAUA, CAL
DALLAS, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- BeaconEquity.com announces the availability of Trade Alerts on stocks making news today. Investors can view all of the daily trading notes for free by visiting: http://www.beaconequity.com/m Today's Trade Alerts include: US Airways Group Inc. , Delta Air Lines Inc. ,...
Northwest Airlines Reports September Traffic
EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced a September consolidated mainline and regional load factor of 83.3 percent, 0.4 points below September 2007. Northwest reported a mainline load factor of 84.8 percent, 0.3 points above September 2007. In September 2008, Northwest and Northwest Airlink regional carriers...
Southwest adds Minneapolis route
Southwest Airlines will launch service to a new city for the first time since August 2007 next spring when it will begin flying between Minneapolis-St. Paul and Chicago's Midway Airport. The decision means the USA's leading discount airline -- which already carries more domestic passengers than any other...
Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines Kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Flight of Pink Plane
EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today joined Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) to kick off a month long effort to raise money and awareness for The Breast Cancer Research Foundation BCRF. October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Delta's signature Pink Plane brought 80 Northwest and Delta...
Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines Kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Flight of Pink Plane
Employees from Northwest and Delta on hand to raise awareness and kick off fund-raising effort EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines is teaming with Delta Air Lines to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month by flying Delta's pink plane from LaGuardia to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Breast cancer survivors from both...
Northwest to fly Delta's pink aircraft for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) will be cooperating to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Northwest will be flying Delta's pink aircraft from LaGuardia Airport, New York to Minneapolis St.Paul International Airport . The flight will...
Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines to Kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Arrival of Pink Plane
Employees from Northwest and Delta on hand to raise awareness and kick off fund-raising effort Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA): [TABLE OMITTED] Members of the media who are attending should arrive at Northwest Airlines building C, 7500 Airline Drive, Minneapolis, for escort to hangar 4...
Man claims to have explosives in luggage at Denver airport
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD A male passenger that claimed to be carrying explosives on a flight operated by Northwest Airlines at Denver airport on Saturday (27 September) is being held in custody. The flight, which was en-route to Minneapolis and was carrying approximately 140...
Delta and Northwest stockholders vote in favour of merger
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) and Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) have announced that shareholders of both airlines have approved the proposed merger of the companies. Shareholders of Delta approved the issuance of 1.25 shares of Delta common stock for each outstanding share...
Shareholders approve merger of Delta, Northwest
Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. shareholders gave the go-ahead Thursday to a combination that would create the world's biggest carrier, deciding that given the volatile industry, they like their chances better together than on their own. The stock-swap deal announced April 14 still requires...
Airline merger to be voted on today
With little doubt about the outcome, Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp. prepared to make their case to shareholders on why they should approve a combination that would create the world's biggest carrier and swallow whole an 82-year-old company in the process. Northwest shareholders were...
Northwest shareholders vote on Delta merger
AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA) has announced that, at its 2008 Annual Meeting in New York City today (25 September), stockholders have voted in favour of the proposed merger with Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL). As of the record date for the vote,...
NWA Shareholders Vote in Favor of Merger with Delta Air Lines
EAGAN, Minn. -- Stockholders at the Northwest Airlines Corporation (NYSE: NWA) 2008 Annual Meeting in New York City today overwhelmingly voted in favor of the proposed merger with Delta Air Lines. As of July 31, 2008, the record date for the vote, there were 253,349,623 shares of Northwest...
U.S. Federal Bar Association Names KLM's Paul Mifsud Transportation Lawyer of the Year
EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines today announced Paul Mifsud, vice president of government and legal affairs for its joint venture partner, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, is a recipient of the U.S. Federal Bar Association's "Transportation Lawyer of the Year" Award. Mifsud, an accomplished international aviation attorney and founder...
Northwest shareholders OK merger with Delta Air Lines
NEW YORK AFP — Northwest Airlines shareholders on Thursday voted overwhelmingly for a planned merger with Delta Air Lines, which would create one of the biggest global carriers. Northwest said in a statement that more than 98 percent of the shares voted supported adopting the merger agreement. ...
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- Incorporated: 1989
- CEO: Mr. Douglas M. Steenland
Northwest Airlines is a holding company. Co.'s principal subsidiary, Northwest Airlines, Inc., is engaged in the business of transporting passengers and cargo. Co.'s global airline network includes domestic hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Memphis, a Pacific route system with a hub in Tokyo, a domestic and international alliance with Continental and Delta, a global airlines alliance with KLM, Continental, Delta, Air France, Alitalia, Aeroméxico, and Korean Air, and a cargo business that includes a fleet of freighter aircraft that operate through hubs in Anchorage and Tokyo. As of Dec 31 2007, Co. served about 239 cities in 21 countries in North America, Asia and Europe.
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Board of Directors
Mr. Gary L. Wilson
Chairman
Mr. Leo Van Wijk
Mr. Ray W. Benning Jr.
Mr. J. Timothy Griffin
Mr. George J. Kourpias
Mr. Roy J. Bostock
Mr. John M. Engler
Mr. Robert L. Friedman
Ms. Doris Kearns Goodwin
Mr. Dennis F. Hightower
Mr. Jeffrey G. Katz
Mr. Frederic V. Malek
Mr. Douglas M. Steenland
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2700 Lone Oak Parkway
Eagan, MN
612 726-2111