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Today, Northwest Airlines owns a fleet of 500 aircraft, including Boeing 747s, Boeing 757s, Air Bus A319s, Air Bus A320s and DC-9s and DC-10s by McDonnell Douglas. Together with its allied airlines, it supplies over 1,500 scheduled flights to more than 750 destinations in the world every day. In addition, as one of the largest cargo airlines in the world, it possesses no less than 14 Boeing B747s for cargo transportation. Destinations in China include Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou.
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Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA), occasionally known as NWA, is an American airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, near Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in the United States. Northwest has three major hubs in the United States: Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, and Memphis International Airport. Northwest ... operates flights from a hub in Asia at Narita International Airport near Tokyo and also operates transatlantic and Asian flights in cooperation with partner KLM from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam. Additionally, it maintains focus city operations at Indianapolis International Airport and Honolulu International Airport.
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Northwest Airlines (www.nwa.com) began passenger service in 1927. Today, it is the United States' 4th largest airline and flies over 55 million passenger annually. With hubs in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Detroit, Memphis, and Tokyo, Northwest offers over 2,800 daily flights to 226 destinations worldwide.
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Northwest Airlines is seeking committed, energetic, hard working, customer service oriented individuals interested in working as luggage handlers. You will primarily be responsible for loading and unloading passenger luggage and performing other services such as deicing, fueling and lavatory services. All positions are part-time, with the possibility of full time-opportunities for dedicated employees. Benefits include optional insurance coverage and standby flight privileges for employees and eligible family members.
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In the spring of 1947 Northwest began staffing its Tokyo base with company personnel, flying them on the Great Circle route in twin-engine Douglas DC-3 aircraft. On 15 July 1947, Northwest became the first airline to fly a commercial passenger flight from the U.S. to Japan[5], using The Manila, a Douglas DC-4 aircraft. The flight originated at Wold-Chamberlain Field, St. Paul, Minnesota, and made its way to Tokyo by way of Edmonton, Anchorage, and Shemya, in the Aleutian Islands. From Tokyo, the flight continued to Seoul, Shanghai, and Manila. Taipei replaced Shanghai after the end of the Chinese civil war in 1949. With its new routes, the airline re-branded itself as Northwest Orient Airlines, although the legal name of the company remained Northwest Airlines.
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Aug. 18, 2006: Northwest Airlines Corp. files an appeal as expected on aimed at blocking a strike by flight attendants that could begin as early as Aug. 25. Northwest has said a strike would be illegal, but on Aug. 17, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Allan Gropper, who is overseeing Northwest's Chapter 11 reorganization, said labor law gives him no power to block a strike.
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