NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Delta Air Lines announced a long-speculated deal to acquire Northwest Airlines for about $3.1 billion Monday, a combination that will create the world's largest airline ...

Even before the merger, Northwest Airlines was in cost-cutting mode ... in competition from low-cost carriers than from Delta drawing down operations, Boivin said. And while MSP airfare has ...

Northwest Airlines is the last of the top five U.S. carriers to shed billions of dollars of debt and exit bankruptcy. To get back into the black, Northwest had to slash pay and benefits for its ...

Northwest Airlines Corp.’s mechanics walked off the job Friday night in the first major U.S. airline strike in seven years, but the nation’s fourth-largest carrier vowed to keep flying its ...

Northwest Airlines agreed Tuesday to pay $7.1 million to thousands of passengers stranded on a Detroit tarmac for up to 10 hours during a 1999 snowstorm that made the airline a symbol of ...

But with thousands of flight delays drawing the ire of travelersand ... for jetliners is between 33,000 and39,000 feet. Northwest Airlines, TWA, Delta, Continental and US Airwaystested the routes ...

The company incorporated under Minnesota law on April 16, 1934 as Northwest Airlines, Inc. and introduced service to the east coast. During World War II, the company operated a bomber modification ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Northwest Airlines shares plunged nearly 12 percent yesterday as investors in the nation’s fourth-largest carrier were buffeted by several pieces of bad news. A $50 each-way fare ...