The licences of the two airline pilots have been suspended after the incident in which they not only overflew their destination – the Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport – a week ago but also was out of contact with the air traffic control (ATC) for about 80 minutes in spite of repeated calls from the ATC tower.

The United States-based Northwest Airlines has received the license to fly to Vietnam.

With effect from January 15, 2009, Northwest Airlines, headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, the United States, will charge most passengers fees to redeem frequent flier miles for tickets issued less than 21 days before departure.

Northwest Airlines, headquartered in Minnesota, the United States, and a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, is seeking to delay or cut back its long-cherished service between the United States and China.

Delta Air Lines, based and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the United States, has said that the November 2008 traffic dropped at both Delta and its new subsidiary, Northwest Airlines.

At last, the United States Justice Department has approved the much-awaited merger between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines, thus clearing the decks for the creation of the world’s biggest airline.

Delta Air Lines Incorporated and Northwest Airlines Corporation, both major airlines based in the United States, have moved closer to merger with the United States Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) accepting plans by the two carriers for a Single Operating Certificate for the combined carrier.

The European Commission (EU) has allowed Delta Airlines Incorporated to buy its rival Northwest Airlines Incorporated, clearing the decks for the creation of the world’s biggest airline.

In yet another instance of increase in air fares effected by airlines worldwide in their frantic attempt to cope with record-high prices of aviation fuel, Northwest Airlines has decided to raise fares for some of its domestic round-trip tickets by up to $80. 

Northwest Airlines, headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, the United State, is pulling the plug on its daily, non-stop service to Amsterdam, the Netherlands, from Bradley International Airport, Connecticut, the United States, with effect from October 1, 2008.

Northwest Airlines, a major airline based in the United States, will once again cut its capacity in the fourth quarter of 2008 and reduce its workforce in its efforts to cope with rising prices of aviation fuel.

In a rare incident of its kind, a group of airline passengers have moved court seeking to block the proposed merger between Northwest Airlines Corporation and Delta Air Lines Incorporated.