151; -- Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines on Monday night announced ... Northwest — once known as Northwest Orient — has been one of the leading U.S.-Asia carriers for more than half ...

As 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. Northwest ...

It rebrands itself as “Northwest Orient Airlines,” though the company’s legal name remains Northwest Airlines. —1948: The airline begins painting the tails of its planes red, which has ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- It's been more than six decades since a Northwest Orient Airlines plane crashed into a Minneapolis home, killing two children inside and all 13 people on board. On Saturday ...

On November 24, 1971, Dick Whitman stepped up to the Northwest Orient Airlines counter at Portland’s airport and asked for a one-way ticket to Seattle. Offering an enigmatic smile from under his ...

All of the big carriers matched Continental’s fare hike–all except Northwest Airlines. That was enough ... leaders are saying that the business model that worked in the past–one built ...