Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines {{Airline codes|NW|NWA|Northwest}} {{nasdaq|NWAC}} is an airline headquartered in Eagan, Minnesota, with three major hubs in the United States: Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, and Memphis International Airport. Northwest also operates flights from a hub in Asia from Narita International Airport near Tokyo, and also operates transatlantic and Asian flights in cooperation with partner KLM from Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam.

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Airline - Eagan, Minnesota - Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport - Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport - Memphis International Airport - Narita International Airport - Tokyo - KLM - Schiphol Airport - Amsterdam

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Northwest is currently the world's fourth largest airline in terms of RPK (revenue-passenger-kilometers). In addition to operating one of the largest domestic route networks in the U.S., Northwest carries more passengers across the Pacific (5.1 million in 2004) than any other U.S. carrier, and carries more air cargo than any other passenger airline. Northwest is the U.S. carrier with the longest continuous name identification.

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Northwest Airlines' regional flights are operated under the name Northwest Airlink by Mesaba Airlines and Pinnacle Airlines . Its frequent flyer program is called WorldPerks.

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Northwest Airlink - Mesaba Airlines - Pinnacle Airlines - Frequent flyer program - WorldPerks

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