Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Northwest and Northwest Airlink together operate approximately 1,200 daily departures, with hubs in Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam.

• 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 and Asia each week.

Service
Northwest Airlines is the world's fifth largest airline. Northwest is a member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance partnership with AeroMéxico, Air France, Alitalia, Continental Airlines, CSA Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Korean Air. SkyTeam offers customers one of the world's most extensive global networks. Northwest and its travel partners serve more than 900 cities in excess of 160 countries on six continents.

• The U.S. system spans 49 states and the District of Columbia.
  
• Reservations can be made online through nwa.com Reservations or by calling 1-800-225-2525.

Hub Cities
Amsterdam, Detroit, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul and Tokyo.

Facilities

• World Headquarters: Minneapolis/St. Paul
  
• Reservations Centers: Chisholm, Minn.; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Seattle/Tacoma; Tampa, Fla. 
  
• Maintenance Bases: Duluth, Minn.; Minneapolis/St. Paul; Tokyo
  
• Pilot Bases: Anchorage; Detroit; Honolulu; Memphis, Tenn.; Minneapolis/St. Paul
  
• Flight Attendant Bases: In the United States: Boston, Detroit, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Memphis, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York Kennedy/La Guardia, San Francisco and Seattle/Tacoma. International locations include Bangkok, Thailand; Hong Kong; Manila, Philippines; Osaka, Japan; Beijing; Singapore; Taipei, Taiwan; Tokyo
• In Flight Office: Amsterdam

Employees
About 33,000 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 Royal Dutch Airlines formed a unique alliance offering convenient and seamless service between the United States and cities around the world. In 1998, 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 747s, and 757s, McDonnell-Douglas DC-9s and DC-10s and Airbus A330s, A320s and A319s. Northwest also is one of the world's largest cargo airlines, operating a dedicated fleet of 14 B747 freighters. It is the only U.S. combination carrier (passenger and cargo service) to operate dedicated 747 freighters.