Corporate Profile for Northwest Airlines, Inc., dated Friday, Oct. 18, 2002.Business Editors --(BUSINESS WIRE) The following Corporate Profile is available for inclusion in your files. News releases for this client are distributed by Business Wire and also become part of the leading databases and online services, including all of the leading Internet-based services. -0-
Published Date: 10/18/2002
Company Name: Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Address: 2700 Lone Oak Parkway
Eagan, MN 55121
Main Telephone
Number: 612-726-2331
Internet Home
Page Address
(URL) www.nwa.com
Chief Executive
Officer: Richard H. Anderson
Chief Financial
Officer: Bernard L. Han
Investor Relations
Contact: Mark Long, VP Investor Relations
Business number: 612-726-8348
E-mail address: mark.long@nwa.com
Public Relations
Contact: William Mellon, Managing Director Corporate
Communications
Business number: 612-727-4284
E-mail address: bill.mellon@nwa.com
Industry: Transportation
Trading Symbol/
Exchange: NASDAQ:NWAC
Market Makers: n/a
Company description: Northwest Airlines, Inc. Northwest and Northwest Airlink together operate over 1,700 flights to more than 750 destinations worldwide. Northwest began on October 1, 1926, flying mail between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Chicago. Passenger service began in 1927. On July 15, 1947, Northwest pioneered the Great Circle route to Asia, with service to Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai, and Manila. Northwest operates more than 200 nonstop flights between the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Asia each week. Service Northwest Airlines is the world's fourth largest airline, and together with its global travel partners serves over 750 destinations in 120 countries on 6 continents. The U.S. system spans 49 states and the District of Columbia District of Columbia, federal district (2000 pop. 572,059, a 5.7% decrease in population since the 1990 census), 69 sq mi (179 sq km), on the east bank of the Potomac River, coextensive with the city of Washington, D.C. (the capital of the United States). . Reservations can be made online through nwa.com Reservations or by calling 1-800-225-2525. Hub Cities Hub (Urdu: حب ) city is located in Hub Tehsil of Lasbela District in Balochistan, Pakistan. See also
Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Tokyo Facilities World Headquarters: Minneapolis/St. Paul Reservations Centers: Baltimore, Chisholm, MN, Detroit, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , Minneapolis/St. Paul, Seattle/Tacoma, Tampa Maintenance Bases: Atlanta, Duluth, MN, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Tokyo Pilot Bases: Anchorage, Detroit, Honolulu, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Seattle/Tacoma Flight Attendant Bases: In the United States: Boston, Detroit, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, 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 Kennedy/La Guardia, San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden and Seattle/Tacoma. International locations include Bangkok, Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. , Manila, Osaka, Seoul, Singapore, Taipei and Tokyo Employees More than 45,000 worldwide. Route Strengths Northwest strengthened its U.S. route system by acquiring Republic Airlines in 1986, gaining hubs in Detroit and Memphis. In 1993, Northwest and KLM KLM Kaiserliche Marine (Enigma: Rising Tide game) KLM Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij (Royal Dutch Airlines) KLM Klub Langer Menschen (German: Tall Person Club) Royal Dutch Airlines formed a unique alliance offering convenient and seamless service between the United States and cities around the world. In 1996, Northwest and Continental Airlines announced an alliance improving consumer travel options and delivering a wider range of benefits to millions of air travelers in the Americas, Asia and Europe. Northwest also has marketing affiliations with several regional airlines, operating as Northwest Airlink, that offer dozens of connecting flights daily. Fleet The airline operates a fleet of more than 400 aircraft including Boeing 727s The Boeing 727 is a mid-size, narrow-body, three-engine commercial jet airliner. It first took to the skies in 1963 and for over a decade was the most produced commercial jet airliner in the world. 1,831 727s were delivered. , 747s, and 757s, McDonnell-Douglas DC-9s and DC-10s and Airbus A319s and A320s. Northwest also is one of the world's largest cargo airlines This article is about the general type of air carrier. For the Israeli cargo airline, see CAL Cargo Air Lines. Cargo airlines (or airfreight carriers, and derivatives of these names) are airlines dedicated to the transport of cargo. , operating a dedicated fleet of 12 B747 freighters. |
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