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Northwest Airlines Corporation is the holding company for Northwest Airlines, Inc., described as "America's oldest carrier with continuous name identification" and the world's fourth oldest airline. It has flown across the Pacific for 50 years, more than anyone else. Northwest serves as the United States' northern regional air carrier, and flies 1,700 flights each day to 400 cities in 80 countries. More than 97 percent of the revenue of Northwest Airlines Corporation comes from Northwest Airlines, Inc.
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Northwest Airlines looks to be recovering from the cancellation problems that damaged its reputation earlier this summer. According to FlightStats.com, the carrier cancelled just two flights last Thursday, and only ten last Wednesday, a marked improved on its June and July performance.
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Northwest Airlines will begin flying the new Embraer 175 regional jet on a flight from Omaha, Nebraska, to Minneapolis, reported the Associated Press. The 76-seat planes will be flown by Compass Airlines, the new Northwest regional subsidiary. The aircraft will be bought by Northwest and leased to Compass. “The regional carrier will begin with two of the jets and will add about two a month through the end of next year, when it will fly 36,” the report said. The aircraft include first-class seats and space for full-size carry-on bags. Compass is based in Chantilly, Virginia.
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Aug. 1, 2006: Northwest Airlines flight attendants start a 15-day countdown toward a possible Aug. 15th strike. The move puts the bankrupt airline at risk for even worse financial problems. The Association of Flight Attendants made the threat after Northwest imposed a new contract that 80 percent of flight attendants had rejected in June. A second agreement was rejected July 31. Job actions could range from limited, brief work stoppages to a full-fledged strike.
Northwest Airlines' narrowbody, largely domestic, schedule was hit hard this weekend. Only 93 percent of the carrier's flights were completed on Friday (July 27). The industry average is in the upper 90s. A Northwest spokesman said on Saturday that the airline projected the same performance for July 28 - 93 percent. He declined to predict what would happen today (Sunday, July 29, often the busiest travel day of the week) or Monday (July 30).
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Due to the effects of competition from low-cost carriers such as Southwest Airlines and increased labor costs due to a new contract with employees represented by the AMFA labor union, Northwest began to make cutbacks in early 2001. Two small rounds of employee layoffs and other cutbacks were implemented in the months prior to the September 11 terrorist attacks. Following the attacks, Northwest was forced to make major changes to its business structure through major employee layoffs and other cost cutting measures. The retirement of costly and aging aircraft such as the Boeing 727 and McDonnell Douglas DC-10-40 were accelerated as new aircraft went into service. In addition, the airline pursued options to reduce costs across the board, including removing pillows, peanuts, pretzels, in-flight entertainment on domestic flights, and newspapers and magazines. Also, over 50 McDonnell Douglas DC-9, Boeing 757, Boeing 747, and Airbus A320 family aircraft were withdrawn from use in an attempt to lower overall capacity and save money.
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