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Northwest Airlines stories: 37 news summaries

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Cheap Flights, Passenger Perks Lost in Transit

Soaring fuel prices mean airline fees, shakeups here to stay

Apr 8, 08 6:03 AM CDT
(Newser) - The days of discounts and perks on major US airlines have disappeared from the horizon, possibly forever, Marketwatch writes. The stratospheric fuel prices that caused three airlines to shut down last week alone are forcing airlines to boost their bottom lines any way they can. Capacity is being cut back... More »

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airline industry • Northwest Airlines • United Airlines • airline • gas prices • ATA • surcharge

Passengers Air a Record Number of Complaints

Skies unfriendlier than ever

Apr 7, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - Airline passengers on domestic flights are unhappier than they've been in years, with consumer complaints up 60%, according to the annual Airline Quality Rating survey. Long delays, cancellations, overbooking, late arrivals, and lost baggage accounted for most of the complaints, which haven't been this bad since 2000, reports the AP.... More »

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FAA • Southwest • Northwest Airlines • US Airways • United Airlines • airline • air travel • Delta • AirTran • Comair • Mesa Airlines • flight cancellation • lost baggage • Airline Quality Rating • Wichita State University • Frontier • SkyWest • American • Aviation Institute • Jet Blue • complaints

Northwest Hikes Fares,
Cuts Flights

Big carriers scurry to boost bottom line as small airlines go bust

Apr 4, 08 2:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Northwest Airlines is jacking up fares and fees and scaling back domestic operations, the Wall Street Journal reports. The airline, trying to deal with soaring fuel costs and a slowing economy without instituting pay cuts, also plans to freeze hiring. Northwest will keep adding international flights, but will add fuel... More »

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airline industry • Northwest Airlines • gas prices • Aloha Airlines • surcharge • Delta Airlines

Delta-Northwest Deal May Be Back On, Without Pilot Input

Dispute over seniority scotched initial merger agreement

Mar 28, 08 4:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Northwest is trying to resuscitate the Delta merger that nearly went through in February with a deal that wouldn’t need pilot agreements or include anticipated salary increases, the Wall Street Journal reports. The pilots' inability to agree on seniority rules appeared to derail the deal, which didn't require labor... More »

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Department of Justice • Northwest Airlines • Delta Airlines • pilot seniority • mergers • pilots

Airlines Fasten Seatbelts for Bumpy Ride

Major US carriers downgrade as hard times loom

Mar 20, 08 4:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's major airlines are getting ready for tougher times ahead, slashing jobs and cutting back operations. As the Christian Science Monitor reports, soaring fuel prices will inevitably lead to higher ticket prices, which will lead to less passengers—which, in turn, will force airlines to hike fares again to cover... More »

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airline industry • Northwest Airlines • United Airlines • recession • American Airlines • air travel • oil price • Delta Airlines • airline ticket prices • Continental Airlines

 Delta Will Slash 2K Jobs  

Firm will offer voluntary severance to 30,000 employees

Mar 18, 08 2:02 PM CDT
(Newser) - Battered by skyrocketing fuel prices, Delta Air Lines will eliminate 2,000 jobs to cut costs, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. With oil prices driving the airline’s fuel expenditures $900 million higher than expected, the carrier will offer buyouts to some 30,000 employees, aiming to cut 1,300 flight... More »

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Delta Air Lines • mergers and acquisitions • merger • Northwest Airlines • oil price • fuel costs • pilot seniority • voluntary severance

Pilot  Impasse May Ground Northwest-Delta Merger

Critical seniority issue could be a deal buster

Mar 18, 08 9:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Merger talks between Delta and Northwest appear to be headed for a hard landing after pilots for the carriers called off their own negotiations over seniority issues, reports the Minneapolis Star Tribune. The airlines boards will meet this week to decide whether the merger should go forward, but Delta's... More »

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merger • Northwest Airlines • airline • Delta • pilot • ALPA • pilot seniority

Northwest's Merger Offers Won't Fly: Delta

So far, proposals skirting key Delta concerns

Feb 27, 08 3:13 AM CST
(Newser) - An airline merger isn't going to take off until Northwest comes up with a proposal that addresses Delta's concerns, according to Delta executives. So far, offers haven't jelled with Delta priorities, including maintaining employee seniority rankings, according to a Delta memo obtained by the Wall Street Journal. Delta plans to... More »

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

Delta-Northwest Pilots Ground Airline Merger

Seniority issue puts merger talks on hold

Feb 20, 08 6:49 AM CST
(Newser) - Northwest and Delta merger talks are stuck on the runway today, as  pilots continue talks on a deal to combine their workforces, AP reports. Representatives for the 12,000 pilots are hung up on issues of seniority, insiders said; directors of the airlines hoping to announce their $20-billion merger plans... More »

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Delta Air Lines • merger • Northwest Airlines • pilot • ALPA

Delta-Northwest Merger Close to Takeoff

Boards meet tomorrow to vote on plans that would create world's largest airline

Feb 19, 08 6:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Directors at Delta and Northwest meeting tomorrow could announce a marriage of the two airlines by day’s end if a crucial deal with the airlines’ 11,000 unionized pilots can be reached, reports the Wall Street Journal. The resulting company would be the largest airline in the world,... More »

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Atlanta • airline industry • Delta Air Lines • mergers and acquisitions • Northwest Airlines • US Airways • American Airlines • Cincinnati • pilot • Continental Airlines • Memphis • Air France KLM Group • UAL Corp.

2 Airline Mega Mergers Prepare for Takeoff

Delta-Northwest marriage looms; United eyes Continental

Feb 7, 08 3:05 AM CST
(Newser) - The airline industry is bracing for what would be a mammoth double wedding, as merger talks between Delta and Northwest airlines shift into second gear, and Continental and United Airlines begin their courtship. Currently on the Delta-Northwest plate is a market price stock-for-stock transaction, with no premium for either company,... More »

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airline industry • merger • Northwest Airlines • antitrust • United Airlines • Delta Airlines • Continental Airlines

FBI Reignites DB Cooper Case

New revelations as feds appeal for help

Jan 2, 08 10:06 AM CST
(Newser) - The FBI is again seeking help solving the intriguing 36-year-old mystery of DB Cooper, last seen parachuting from a hijacked Northwest Airlines jet over southwest Washington with a $200,000 ransom. He appears to have vanished into thin air—if he survived the daring jump. But now the FBI has... More »

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FBI • Mexico City • Northwest Airlines • Washington • hijack • D.B. Cooper

Northwest's Merger Plans Still 'Evolving'

Airline 'very, very actively looking,' but uncertain on when, with whom

Dec 5, 07 12:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Northwest Airlines is "very, very actively looking" for a merger partner, a company executive told Wall Street analysts yesterday, but it is uncertain whether such consolidation is more likely to be approved by the Bush administration or its successor, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports. Analysts say Delta—known to... More »

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Airbus Courts US Carriers

Slow-selling A380 on sales road trip to Midwest and LA

Nov 27, 07 7:14 AM CST
(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... More »

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

New Delta CEO Raises Questions

Appointment revives rumors that merger with Northwest is preparing for takeoff

Aug 22, 07 8:48 AM CDT
(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... More »

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airline industry • merger • Northwest Airlines • Delta • Richard Anderson • Gerald Grinstein • Jim Whitehurst • Ed Bastian

Schedule Woes Plague Northwest

Airline blames absenteeism for rampant cancellations, delays

Jul 29, 07 11:21 AM CDT
(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... More »

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flight • labor • Northwest Airlines • airline • pilot

Grandpas Take Down Unruly Passenger

Retired cop and marine team up to help flight crew subdue suspicious man

Jun 5, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(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... More »

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

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