Northwest Airlines says it needs a little more time. The nation's fourth-largest carrier says it hopes to have a plan to emerge from bankruptcy by the end of the year. The airline faces a January ...

It adopted the name “Northwest Orient” for advertising purposes. The airline’s Asian connections proved useful in 1950 when the U.S. government chose the airline for the Korean Air Lift mission.

After 84 years, the Northwest Airlines brand will fade into history sometime during the first three months of 2010. That’s when the airline’s Web site, will stop accepting reservations and redirect ...

Northwest Airlines Corp., pummeled by high labor costs and soaring fuel prices, filed for bankruptcy protection Wednesday, entering Chapter 11 on the same day as its larger rival, Delta Air Lines Inc.

— -- My most recent flight on Northwest Airlines will likely be my last. Now that shareholders have approved the proposed merger between Delta and Northwest, it appears the smaller Minnesota ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- For more than a decade, Northwest Airlines repeatedly failed to follow federal safety orders but wasn't held accountable by the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a ...

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. (CBS.MW) -- Shares of Mesaba Holdings climbed 23 percent Thursday, a day after Northwest Airlines said it's offering an 18 percent premium ...

Sometimes, that's the way airline crashes go. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today recalls Northwest Airlines 2501, a DC-4 that disappeared over Lake Michigan in 1950 with 58 people aboard, then ...

Delta started the year with the final government approval it needed for a single operating certificate to mesh its operations and those of its subsidiary Northwest, clearing the way for the final ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Airline stocks fell Friday afternoon, losing 0.9% to 46.83 points with Northwest Airlines undefined giving up 4.8% to $4.34 as ...

As some Northwest Airlines workers move to Atlanta and others take buyouts, merger partner Delta Air Lines is closing a main building at Northwest's headquarters in Eagan, Minn. 88 ° AJC - Logo ...