May 18th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Two years after being absorbed by Delta, Northwest Airlines has become a hot ticket again among airline collectors. Airline museums in Minnesota and Atlanta are seeking artifacts from Northwest and all things NWA-related are selling on eBay, according to the Detroit Free Press.
"It was the airline everyone loved to hate, but you know what? People are starting to miss it," said Bruce Kitt of ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Northwest Airlines memorabilia becomes big with collectors
May 18th, 2011 at 2:00PM: Two years after being absorbed by Delta, Northwest Airlines has become a hot ticket again among airline collectors. Airline museums in Minnesota and Atlanta are seeking artifacts from Northwest and all things NWA-related are selling on eBay, according to the Detroit Free Press.
"It was the airline everyone loved to hate, but you know what? People are starting to miss it," said Bruce Kitt of ...China Airlines fined for price fixing
Sep 29th, 2010 at 3:30PM: China Airlines is the latest carrier to get fined for price-fixing air cargo rates. The Taiwan-based airline plead guilty and now faces a $40 million fine. Northwest Airlines has also plead guilty.
A total of 18 airlines have been snared by the Department of Justice in an ongoing investigation. Eight airline executives have also been charged. The Department of Justice has imposed a total of ...Airlines continued to cut jobs - 25 months in a row
Sep 22nd, 2010 at 3:30PM: There's a reason why airlines have positioned themselves for a solid performance in 2010: in addition to charging all those extra fees, they have been cutting positions (and thus expenses). In July alone, the industry in the United States trimmed 2.3 percent of its workforce relative to July 2009. That made 25 consecutive months of net job losses in the domestic airline sector.
According to the ...White Collar Travel: The upgrade rotation
Mar 11th, 2010 at 2:00PM: Routine often breeds insight, and the form of business travel that once ruled my life was one of the variety that Ralph Waldo Emerson would have called "the hobgoblin of little minds." During one project, which involved seven months of weekly roundtrips to Omaha (and platinum status on Northwest by June), I'd get to Logan Airport every Monday morning and see the same names called for upgrades. It ...BBC simulates Northwest Flight 253 bomb - plane survives
Mar 4th, 2010 at 2:30PM:
The BBC enlisted the help of an explosives expert and a pilot with structural engineering and air accident experience, to determine the kind of damage the would-be Northwest 253 bomber would have caused.
On their site, you can see a video clip of the immense explosion, and the stresses caused to the outside of the plane. Thankfully, the experts concluded that the blast would not have ...Northwest museum to outlast the airline it honors
Jan 2nd, 2010 at 4:00PM: The remaining traces of Northwest Airlines may disappear from the fleet in 2010, but the airline will always have a home in Minnesota. A private, nonprofit museum dedicated to the carrier is going to stay open, even though the object of its affection will be integrated fully into the Delta fold. Delta has its own museum, which undoubtedly will celebrate the acquisition of Northwest someday, but ...Northwest to disappear this year
Jan 1st, 2010 at 12:00PM: Remember Eastern? Pan Am? Well, the next one to join the list of airline has-beens will be Northwest.
Northwest Airlines may have made it to the beginning of 2010, but won't see another New Year's Eve. The carrier, which was acquired by Delta in October 2008, has received permission from the FAA to ditch the Northwest name and operate the whole deal as Delta. The cutover process for "legacy ...American Airlines is the one to watch in 2010
Dec 27th, 2009 at 12:00PM: Could 2010 be the year for American Airlines?
Well, it's hard not to see the light at the end of the tunnel after a decade of unusual airline severity. The market was shaken several times by terror attempts – including the attacks of 9/11 – economic pressures from the dotcom meltdown and the recent financial sector only made matters worse. Energy prices hit some peaks along the way, ...Man ignites small bomb on U.S. bound plane
Dec 26th, 2009 at 8:00AM: A Nigerian man is under arrest after igniting a bomb on a plane bound for Detroit yesterday. Abdul Mudallad, 23, used a powder strapped to his leg mixed with a syringe containing some sort of liquid to set off a small explosion on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 from Amsterdam as it made its final descent into Detroit. While the mixture did explode, the explosion was very small and the ensuing ...Early Christmas gift from the airlines - no advance purchase surcharges
Dec 17th, 2009 at 3:30PM: After several years of adding additional fees and rules to our tickets, the airlines are finally giving us something back for the Holiday season.
Seven of the major carriers (American Airlines, United, Delta, Northwest, US Airways, Frontier, AirTran and Midwest) announced that they would waive all advance purchase rules for tickets between today and January 4th 2010.
What this means to last ...Only approved electronic devices allowed in the cockpit?
Nov 22nd, 2009 at 8:00AM: Maybe the flight attendants should start talking to the cockpit, too. When a plane overshot Minneapolis last month because the crew was playing around with personal laptops, national attention turned to what actually goes on in the front of the plane. Congress is kicking around the idea of a new bill that would kick personal electronic devices from the cockpit.
Unsurprisingly, the pilots and ...Delta joins the ranks of "cashless cabins"
Nov 15th, 2009 at 12:30PM: I can't remember the last time I paid with cash for a drink on a domestic flight. Even on my last few international flights, I pulled out the plastic when it was time for a nerve-calming vodka-cran. So I was actually kind of surprised at the announcement that Delta Airlines would no longer be accepting cash on flights in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean. I didn't even realize cash ...Greyhound bus driver heads wrong way: Where's a GPS when you need one?
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Greyhound bus drivers generally don't make national news. Pilots who overshoot airports, however, end up having their story told over and over again on about every entertainment vehicle there is. How many places did you hear or read about the ...Ten pilots you DON'T want in your cockpit.
Oct 28th, 2009 at 12:30PM:
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When it comes to making fun of airline employees, pilots are usually off limits. Screw with a flight attendant, and you may not get your drink, screw with the TSA, and you may end up missing your flight. But screwing around with a pilot just doesn't feel right. In ...Irony: NWA pilots land late because of scheduling discussion
Oct 27th, 2009 at 4:00PM: The investigation into the overshooting Northwest Airlines flight continues. The National Transportation Safety Board has found that the pilots were distracted by conversations and the use of personal laptops when flying 150 miles past Minneapolis. One of the topics being bandied about was scheduling, though I suspect it didn't involve the impact of a late arrival because of a missed airport. ...NWA pilot: lots of misinformation, but can't talk about it
Oct 25th, 2009 at 1:00PM:
All eyes are on the Northwest Airlines crew that missed Minneapolis by 150 miles. Rumors abound, such as dozing and arguments in the cockpit. Richard Cole, a crewmember on Northwest Flight 188, wouldn't talk, except to say that it wasn't his fault: "But other than that, I cannot tell you anything that went on because we're having hearings this weekend, we're having hearings on Tuesday. All ...
Northwest pilots fly plane miles past airport where plane was supposed to land
Oct 23rd, 2009 at 2:30PM: Missing a highway exit, thus driving well past it and needing to turn around may be common, particularly if a driver is feeling spaced out and road hashed. Missing an airport, thus flying past it, is unusual. Even so, it happened this past Wednesday. A Northwest Airlines Airbus A320 overshot Minneapolis where it was heading.
Luckily, the plane only went 150 miles further before the pilots ...Delta announces new Elite Elite status, loyal passengers retch
Jul 28th, 2009 at 1:30PM: It's difficult making both parties happy during a merger, especially when the old dogs in one way of life have to learn all of the new tricks in another. Where this appears to be particularly scathing is in the frequent flyer programs, where loyal passengers to both Worldperks (Northwest) and Skymiles (Delta) are starting to get mashed together. To appease some of the most frequent Skyteam ...Extra seat charges: big bias or svelte snobbery?
Apr 28th, 2009 at 8:00AM: As airlines are scrambling for any shred of extra revenue they can find, some policies are getting more attention than others. The so-called "fat passenger policies," which govern the accommodation of passengers who require more than one seat, have attracted the ire of the NAAFA. Never heard of it? It's a new one on me, too: the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance. On the other hand, ...Fake bomb threat leads to probation
Apr 22nd, 2009 at 3:00PM: Mark Randall Rayborn will be on probation for the next four years. He was accused of telling an off-duty Northwest Airlines pilot that he had five pounds of explosives in his carry-on.
The plane was pulling back from the gate at Denver International Airport last year when Rayborn broke the news to the man sitting next to him while grabbing his bag. As a result of this episode, the flight was ...
