Northwest Airlines was headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota near Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport.
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Northwest Airlines was headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota near Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport.
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Northwest Airlines began carrying passengers in 1927; in 1928 Northwest started its first international route with service to Winnipeg.
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In 1933 Northwest Airlines was selected to fly the "Northern Transcontinental Route" to Seattle, Washington.
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In 1939 Northwest Airlines had five daily flights from Chicago to Minneapolis; three continued west to Seattle through North Dakota and Montana.
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Northwest Airlines bought its first Boeing 747s in 1970 and soon began retiring its smaller 707s.
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In 1951 Northwest Airlines became involved with the founding of Japan Air Lines by leasing airliners and crewmembers to the new airline.
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Northwest Airlines's meteorologists, led by Dan Sowa, pioneered the first clear-air turbulence forecasting system in 1957, important since the airline flew many northern routes over turbulence-prone mountain areas.
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Northwest Airlines continued to use the pre-merger Northwest Airlines Orient livery until a new livery and identity were adopted in 1989.
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Northwest Airlines was purchased in a 1989 leveraged buyout by an investment group headed by Al Checchi, Fred Malek and Gary Wilson, with KLM, and many others.
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The expense of the buyout was so great that in 1993, following several years of losses due to industry overcapacity and a traffic downturn following the Gulf War, Northwest Airlines threatened bankruptcy unless its employee groups agreed to three years of wage cuts.
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Also in 1993, Northwest Airlines began its strategic alliance with KLM, which was the largest airline partnership until then.
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Northwest Airlines gradually pulled out of its minor European destinations and focused on domestic and Asian markets.
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Northwest Airlines announced plans to shrink its Airlink fleet by over 45 aircraft.
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Northwest Airlines became a minority owner of Midwest Airlines in the fourth quarter of 2007.
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Immediately before Northwest Airlines ceased being an independent airline, its headquarters was in Building A, a facility in Eagan, Minnesota, near Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport and the intersection of I-35E and Interstate 494.
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Northwest Airlines was the only occupant of the four-story headquarters building.
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Employees remaining in the Minneapolis area were moved to Building C, the former Republic Northwest Airlines headquarters building, located on the property of Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport, as well as Building J located in Eagan.
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In 1998, Northwest Airlines walked away from the bargaining table, locked out its pilots and shut down the airline for more than two weeks.
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Additionally, Northwest Airlines requested searches of the home computers of rank-and-file employees, including Kevin Griffin and Frank Reed.
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Previous to the recent agreements, Northwest Airlines provided employees with stock in exchange for concessions.
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The pilots claimed that Northwest Airlines did not have sufficient pilots to fly its schedule; Northwest Airlines accused the pilots of calling in sick to create the problem.
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Northwest Airlines began hiring new pilots to alleviate the pilot shortages they faced throughout the summer of 2007.
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Northwest Airlines operated a few routes outside this hub system, such as flights from the west coast to Honolulu.
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When that happened, Northwest Airlines operated these routes from Detroit with a connection at its Tokyo-Narita hub.
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In 2008, Northwest was one of several U S airlines to receive permission from the British government to fly into Heathrow Airport in London after previously having to use Gatwick Airport.
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Northwest Airlines began service to Heathrow from its hubs in Detroit and Minneapolis, as well as starting Seattle-London service.
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Northwest Airlines had codeshare agreements with the following airlines as of March 2009:.
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Northwest Airlines operated a mixed fleet of Boeing, McDonnell Douglas, and Airbus aircraft whereas Delta operated just Boeing and McDonnell Douglas aircraft.
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Northwest Airlines possessed the youngest trans-Atlantic fleet of any North American or European airline.
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The original name of the WorldPerks program was the Northwest Orient Airlines Free Flight Plan, which began in 1981.
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Northwest Airlines offered frequent flyer partnerships with the following car rental agencies:.
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Northwest Airlines had partnerships with various other airline lounges on an airport-by-airport basis.
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