Founding Year: Founded in 1926, Northwest Airlines was originally known as Northwest Airways.
Headquarters and Main Hub: Northwest Airlines has its headquarters in Minnesota. Its main hub is Detroit Metro Airport (DTW), with major hubs in Minneapolis-St Paul and Memphis.
Official Website: Northwest Airlines
Seat Maps: Seat Maps
Phone Number: phone number #800-225-2525
Frequent Flyer and Global Alliance: The Northwest Airlines' frequent flyer program is called World Perks. Globally, they are allied with SkyTeam.
Frequent flyer info
Frequent flyer info
Major Crashes / Incidents: Northwest's most fatal crash occurred in August, 1987 just after taking off from Detroit. There were 157 on board, 156 died. The sole survivor was a four year old girl.
Airline News: Northwest News
Interesting Fact: Just prior to the September 11th terrorist attacks, Zacarias Moussaoui who was labeled as a possible terrorist hijacker, was arrested when he tried to use a flight simulator that was affiliated with Northwest.
