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  • November 2007

    • Airbus Courts US Carriers

      Associated Press  |  Nov 27, 07 7:14 AM CST

      Airbus Courts US Carriers

      (Newser) - Airbus's first A380 superjumbo jet is making calls a long way from its home base in Toulouse, France—in Minneapolis, Los Angeles, and Sydney—as representatives make another push for orders for the slow-selling 555-seater. Northwest Airlines executives plan to look over the aircraft, despite having already ordered rival Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, USA Today reports. More »

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      Airbus  • United Airlines  • Minneapolis  • Northwest Airlines  • 787 Dreamliner  • Airbus A380

  • August 2007

    • New Delta CEO Raises Questions

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 22, 07 8:48 AM CDT

      New Delta CEO Raises Questions

      (Newser) - Delta's choice for its new CEO—an outsider who won the job over two internal candidates—is raising questions, the Journal reports. Newly emerged from 19 months of wrangling in bankruptcy court, the airline appointed former Northwest CEO Richard Anderson yesterday, sparking speculation about a future merger with Northwest and a possible new post-Chapter 11 strategy. More »

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      airline industry  • merger  • Northwest Airlines  • Delta  • Richard Anderson  • Ed Bastian

  • July 2007

    • Schedule Woes Plague Northwest

      ABC News  |  Jul 29, 07 11:21 AM CDT

      Schedule Woes Plague Northwest

      (Newser) - Northwest Airlines is blaming a slew of weekend flight cancellations on a sharp rise in pilot absenteeism. The fifth-largest US airline canceled 200 flights over the past 2 days, but pilots say it has nothing to do with them skipping out on work, ABC News reports. They point the finger at maxed-out time sheets and a staffing shortage. More »

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      airline  • labor  • pilot  • flight  • Northwest Airlines

  • June 2007

    • Grandpas Take Down Unruly Passenger

      Boston Globe  |  Jun 5, 07 8:00 AM CDT

      Grandpas Take Down Unruly Passenger

      (Newser) - A 65-year-old former police commander and a gray-haired former marine helped flight attendants subdue an unruly passenger on a Northwest Airlines flight Saturday night. The suspicious man threatened other passengers and refused to take his seat during the three hour Minneapolis-to-Boston flight, but the two undaunted grandpas managed to detain him before landing. More »

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      airplane  • elderly  • Boston  • Minneapolis  • flight  • Northwest Airlines  • flight attendant

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