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Northwest Airlines Corporation (NWA Corp.) is the indirect parent corporation of Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest), which is engaged in the business of transporting passengers and cargo. Northwest focuses on the operation of a global airline network through its assets that include domestic hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Memphis; a Pacific route system with a hub in Tokyo; transatlantic joint venture with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KLM), which operates through a hub in Amsterdam; a domestic and international alliance with Continental Airlines, Inc. (Continental) and Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta); membership in SkyTeam, a global airline alliance with KLM, Continental, Delta, Air France, Alitalia, Aeromexico, CSA Czech Airlines, Korean Air and Aeroflot; agreements with three domestic regional carriers, including Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. and Mesaba Aviation, Inc., each of which operates as Northwest Airlink, and Compass Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary.
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Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth largest airline offering more than 2,600 daily departures with hubs in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Detroit, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam. With its travel partners, Northwest serves more than 750 cities in nearly 120 countries on six continents. Based on statistics compiled by the U.S. Department of Transportation, Northwest is the most on time U.S. airline of the decade among the seven largest network carriers for the period 1990-1999. In 1999, Northwest's www.nwa.com was chosen as best airline web site by www.zdNews.com and Business 2.0 and was named one of the top 500 sites by Internet World magazine. For more information, please contact Northwest Corporate Communications at 612-726-2331 or visit www.nwa.com.
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Northwest Airlines filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation [DOT] for new rights to operate Detroit and Shanghai as well as Detroit and Beijing non-stop service. Northwest's application is in response to the DOT’s invitation to carriers interested in using the rights that are available under the landmark new aviation agreement with China. DOT plans to award six new routes that become available to China between 2007 and 2009. Northwest wants to begin new service to China as soon as possible. Northwest’s World Gateway hub at Detroit offers an unmatched combination of broad network coverage of the entire Eastern half of the United States, convenient direct routings, and a new, state-of-the art terminal facility. Northwest would provide attractive connecting service to China from more than 100 U.S. cities.
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One week after this initial disaster, Northwest Airlines again called the PHS/SPCA to pick up more birds who were found dead and dying in a subsequent shipment that was apparently meant to replace the original shipment. Zacky Farms, the recipient of the birds from both shipments, left behind boxes containing an estimated 3,240 dead and dying birds at the San Francisco airport. By the time PHS/SPCA investigators arrived on the scene, Northwest Airlines cargo workers had already thrown 26 of the 28 boxes into a trash compactor. Of the two remaining boxes, investigators found 22 of 62 chicks still alive. Sadly... all but one died.
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Northwest Airlines' plan to buy Milwaukee-based Midwest Airlines could be put on hold. Another bidder for Midwest, AirTran Airways, submitted a new, higher offer on Tuesday. If Northwest and an investment firm win the airline, federal regulators are likely to take a close look at how the transaction affects competition.
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Northwest was soon struck by business and image setbacks. Two 1990 incidents--the conviction of several Northwest pilots for flying under the influence of alcohol and a runway collision of two Northwest jets, killing eight, which was later blamed on crew error--tarnished the airline's public reputation further. The airline's hopes to expand through acquisitions proved hampered by its $4.2 billion debt, the product of the leveraged buyout coupled with debt extant from the purchase of Republic, which left the airline with a negative net worth. Moreover, Northwest was hit by the general financial troubles that affected the industry in the late 1980s, including rising fuel costs, declining traffic caused by a weakening economy, and pricing wars. In 1990 and 1991, when these problems were exacerbated by recession and war in the Middle East, Northwest lost $618 million. As leading airline United began aggressive expansion into the Pacific market, Northwest's inability to match United's purchases left it vulnerable in its traditionally strongest area.
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