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Company Watch - Northwest Airlines.


Oct 2, 2006

Compass Airlines Compass Airlines was the operating name for three airlines:
  • Compass Airlines (Australia), the name of two Australian airlines.
  • Compass Airlines (North America), a subsidiary of Northwest Airlines
 to begin flying soon: The Department of Transportation has approved a request by Compass Airlines to begin flying. Compass, a Northwest Airlines subsidiary, still needs FAA approval to become the third regional carrier flying for Northwest. Sep 29, 2006

Northwest Airlines, union continue mediation with board. Mediated talks between Northwest Airlines and its flight attendants union continued on Thursday. The union said negotiations were to continue today and start up again Oct. 9. Separately, Northwest feeder Mesaba Airlines Mesaba Airlines is an American regional airline based in Eagan, Minnesota. The airline operates under Mesaba Aviation, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest Airlines. All of its flights are operated under the name Northwest Airlink for Northwest Airlines.  said it would renew its request to reject contracts with three labor groups. Sep 29, 2006

Northwest, attendants to restart talks today. Northwest Airlines and its flight attendants union plan to resume talks today. The company, which operates under bankruptcy protection, has already imposed a new contract on the workers. Sep 28, 2006

Board orders Northwest, union to resume talks. The National Mediation Board The National Mediation Board is a three-person board created in 1934 by an act amending the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.A. §§ 151–158, 160–162, 1181–1188) to resolve disputes in the railroad and airline industries that could disrupt travel or imperil the  has ordered Northwest Airlines and its flight attendants' union to return to contract negotiations. Northwest has already imposed a new contract on the workers, but it says it wants to continue with talks. The board rejected the union's request for a release from talks.

Sep 27, 2006

Northwest: New China service would create hub gateway. Northwest Airlines says its proposed service to China would "establish the largest and most effective hub gateway to China." The airline is competing against United Airlines, Continental Airlines and American Airlines American Airlines

Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the
 for a new flight route to China. Sep 26, 2006

Northwest Airlines said it flew 7.05 billion RPMs in August, down 6.2% from the year-ago month. Capacity fell 8.8% to 8.2 billion ASMs and load factor rose 2.3 points to 85.9%. Domestic traffic dropped 4% to 3.85 billion RPMs against a 7.4% decline in capacity to 4.52 billion ASMs, raising load factor 3.1 points to 85.2%. International RPMs were down 7.3% to 2.73 billion, ASMs fell 8% to 3.06 billion and load factor rose 0.6 point to 89.4%. Sep 25, 2006

Northwest Airlines will launch a six-times-weekly New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
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Pinnacle Airlines (NASDAQ: PNCL) (formerly Express Airlines I) is an American regional airline based in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, operating all of its flights under the name
 50-seat CRJ CRJ Canadair Regional Jet
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. It also will expand seasonal services to vacation destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean from its Detroit, Memphis and Minneapolis-St. Paul bases. Extra frequencies to Cancun, Puerto Vallarta Puerto Vallarta (pwār`tō väyär`tä), city (1990 pop. 93,503), Jalisco state, W Mexico. Located on the expansive Bahía de Banderas [Bay of Flags], Puerto Vallarta has been used since the 16th cent. , San Jose San Jose, city, United States
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 del Cabo, Montego Bay and Grand Cayman will be available Feb. 15-April 8. Sep 25, 2006

Northwest, Amadeus reach provisional agreement: A provisional agreement will allow Amadeus subscribers to have access to Northwest Airlines' full content. The airline and the global distribution system continue to negotiate a long-term content agreement. Sep 26, 2006

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