Northwest Airline

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Submitted by nptang01 on June 13, 2008

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Northwest Airline

Northwest Airlines is the world’s fourth largest airline offering more than 1400 daily departures with hubs in Minneapolis/St. Paul, Detroit, Memphis, Tokyo, Japan and Amsterdam, Holland. With its travel partners, Northwest serves more than 1000 cities in nearly 160 countries on six continents (nwa, 2008).
1990 was a tough year for Northwest Airline. Its public reputation was damaged by conviction of several pilots for driving under the influence of alcohol, and a runway collision of two Northwest jets, killing eight people. Not only that, it was also facing other financial difficulties stemming from a recession, war in the Middle East which sent the oil prices to the roof,...

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