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Northwest Airlines
Based in Eagan, Minnesota Northwest Airlines was founded in the year 1926 by Col. Lewis Brittin. It is currently the fourth largest airline in the world in terms of kilometers flown. Apart from this it also has one of the largest domestic networks of flights in the United States. At the same time it is also the top U.S. airline carrying international passengers across the pacific. Not only that, it also carries the largest amount of cargo than all its rival airlines. The airline began its first flight in 1926 carrying air mail from the twin cities St. Paul and Minneapolis to Chicago. The remarkable achievements in 1930’s was the development of first ever oxygen mask for aviation to fly at high altitudes. The significant event in 1940’s was painting of its tail in red which is still in use for after fifty years. The airline flew the fastest jet service to Asia in 1960. In 1976 became the first airline to be approved by FAA to install the coordinated flight training system. Northwest was also the first airline to ban smoking on all its flights in 1988. The airline collaborated with KLM in 1991 to offer two flights to Amsterdam in a week. As it is seen the airline has been associated with many firsts. Adding another feather to their cap they were the first airline to introduce self-service kiosks which makes it easy for e-ticket customers to get boarding passes. The airline was once again first to use remote control visual inspection system that scans aircraft engines and transmits the data to technical staff.
Flight Statistics
The Northwest Airlines has a fleet of more than 361 jets offering services to more than 250 destinations. The airline carries more than 50 million passengers a year.
Major Hubs
1. Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport
2. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
3. Memphis International Airport
4. Narita International Airport
5. Amsterdam Schiphol Airport
Major Destinations
The airline flies to more than 250 domestic and international destinations
Domestic Destinations
Anchorage, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Miami, Orlando, Atlanta, Honolulu, Chicago, Indianapolis, New Orleans, Portland, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis/Saint Paul, St. Louis, Las Vegas, Newark, New York City, Philadelphia, Dallas, Houston, Washington D.C, Seattle, Milwaukee etc.
International Destinations
- Asia: Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tokyo, Seoul, Mumbai, Singapore, Bangkok etc.
- Europe: Paris, Frankfurt, Rome, Amsterdam, London etc.
- North America: Calgary, Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, Mexico City etc.
- Caribbean: Grand Cayman, Puerto Rico etc.
- Central America: Liberia
- Oceania: Guam
Partners
Code Sharing Alliance
- Air France
- Continental Airlines
- Delta
- KLM
- KLM City Hopper
- Korean Air
- Alaska Airlines
- Big Sky
- Compass Airlines
- Gulfstream Airlines
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Horizon Air
World-Perks Benefits Alliance
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines
- Aeromexico
- Air France
- Alitalia
- Continental Airlines
- CSA Czech Airlines
- Delta
- KLM
- KLM City Hopper
- Korean Air
- Air Europia
- Air Tahiti Nui
- Alaska Airlines
- American Eagle
- Big Sky
- CEBU Pacific
- China Southern
- Compass Airlines
- Copa Airlines
- Gulfstream International Airlines
- Hawaiian Airlines
- Horizon Air
- Japan Airlines
- Jet Airways
- Kenya Airways
- Kingfisher Airlines
- Malaysia
- Airlines
- Malev Hungarian Airlines
- Midwest Airlines
Access to Partner's Club
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines
- Aeromexico
- Air France
- Alitalia
- Continental Airlines
- CSA Czech Airlines
- Delta
- KLM
- KLM City Hopper
- Korean Air
- Alaska Airlines
- China Southern
- Compass Airlines
- Horizon Air
- Kingfisher Airlines
- Malev Hungarian Airlines
The Website
http://www.nwa.com The Airlines has a very appealing and efficient website.
Home page
The homepage provides reservation facility for Flights, Cruises and Vacations. It does not have car booking facility like websites of other airlines. The visitors can also print boarding pass, change or view their reservations. It also allows login for their World Perks Program. World Perks is a membership reward program for frequent flyers of Northwest Airlines in partnership with its alliance partners and other airlines.
The header consists of tabs, which take the visitor to whatever specific task they want to do, or information they want. The header consists of Reservation tab, Travel Tools, Promotion and Products, and World Perks.
Reservations
The visitors can search flights and reserve, view and change existing reservations. The visitors can also search and book cruises and vacation packages. It also allows the traveler to check-in online.
Travel Tools
The visitors can find Flight and Gate Status here, Timetables, Luggage Information, Traveler Services, Information on Transporting Pets and Animals, In-Flight Information, Destination Information, Wireless Tools and special Travel Tips.
Promotion and Offers
It is the place where travelers can find special offers, vacation packages; worldperks travel offers and information about their products and services.
WorldPerks
This provides information about everything you want to know about World Perks Frequent Flyer Program. The travelers can also enroll in the program on this page and manage their accounts.
Website Rank
The website had a traffic rank of 3,230 as of June 2007 per alexa.com which ranks WebPages. The website attracts 0.0345% of the total Internet visitors every day.
Languages
English
Address
- 5101 NW Dr, J3260
- St. Paul MN 55111 US
References
- http://nwa.com
- http://www.prnewswire.com
- http://alexa.com
- http://www.bts.gov
- http://wikipedia.org
- http://www.faa.gov
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