Defunct regional airline of the United States (1984–2009)
Northwest Airlink
IATA
ICAO
Callsign
NJ
CP
XJ
9E
NEE
CPZ
MES
FLG
NORTHEAST
COMPASS
MESABA
FLAGSHIP
Founded
December 1984 (1984-12)
Ceased operations
July 2009 (2009-07) (merged into Delta Connection)
Hubs
Detroit
Memphis
Minneapolis/St. Paul
Frequent-flyer program
WorldPerks
Alliance
SkyTeam (affiliate; 2004–2009)
Wings Alliance
Parent company
Northwest Airlines (1984–2009)
Delta Air Lines (2009)
Northwest Airlink was the brand name of Northwest Airlines' regional airline service, which flew turboprop and regional jet aircraft from Northwest's domestic hubs in Minneapolis, Detroit, and Memphis. Service was primarily to small-to-medium-sized cities and towns where larger aircraft might not be economical to operate and also to larger markets to either provide additional capacity or more frequent flights than could be justified using mainline aircraft. Beginning in July 2009, the Northwest Airlink trade name was phased out, and replaced by the Delta Connection trade name for Delta Air Lines as part of the Delta/Northwest merger.
NorthwestAirlink was the brand name of Northwest Airlines' regional airline service, which flew turboprop and regional jet aircraft from Northwest's...
NorthwestAirlink Flight 5719 was a flight from Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport to International Falls Airport in International Falls, Minnesota...
2007. The merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines meant that Northwest's regional brand, NorthwestAirlink, would be merged into Delta Connection...
According to the Northwest Airlines historical website, a number of regional and commuter air carriers operated service as NorthwestAirlink over the years...
approvals, Northwest Airlines acquired Republic Airlines on October 1, 1986. Subsequently, the Republic Express brand merged with the NorthwestAirlink brand...
airline. Regional and commuter airline flights for Northwest were operated under the name NorthwestAirlink by Big Sky Airlines, Eugene Aviation Services,...
and procedures. Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701, operating under the NorthwestAirlink banner, was a repositioning flight of an empty 50-seat Bombardier...
NorthwestAirlink Flight 2268 was a commuter flight between Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, and Detroit Metropolitan...
the airline operated code sharing service as NorthwestAirlink and Northwest Jetlink on behalf of Northwest Airlines which subsequently merged with Delta...
Shoals was served from Northwest Airlines' hub in Memphis by NorthwestAirlink (Mesaba Airlines turboprops). After Northwest was acquired by Delta Air...
On August 16, 1987 a McDonnell Douglas MD-82, operating as Northwest Airlines Flight 255, crashed shortly after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport...
causing a loss of control, all on board were killed. March 4, 1987, NorthwestAirlink Flight 2268, operated by Fischer Brothers Aviation, a CASA 212 was...
1990 Wayne County Airport runway collision involved the collision of two Northwest Airlines jetliners at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport on December...
and NorthwestAirlink operated by Mesaba Airlines with five nonstops every weekday from Detroit flown with Metroliners. In 2005, NorthwestAirlink operated...
and a half minutes earlier, killing all nine on board. March 4 – NorthwestAirlink Flight 2268, a CASA 212, crashes while attempting to land at Detroit...
the DC-8. NorthwestAirlink flew to Memphis until it merged with Delta; Delta retired the route a year and a half after acquiring Northwest. Continental...
Swearingen Metroliner. In 2007 NorthwestAirlink was the only airline at Waterloo with nonstop flights to the Northwest Airlines hub in Minneapolis/St...
(July 8, 2003): selects Mesaba Aviation, Inc. d/b/a NorthwestAirlink, an affiliate of Northwest Airlines, to provide subsidized essential air service...
when Memphis (MEM) was a Northwest hub following the acquisition of Republic Airlines by Northwest Airlines, NorthwestAirlink operated British Aerospace...
started service in late 1983 and began code sharing with Northwest Airlines as NorthwestAirlink in 1985. Great Lakes Airlines replaced Mesaba in 1991....
757 and Boeing 767 aircraft. This terminal also housed Northwest Airlines and NorthwestAirlink from its opening in 1983 until the merger into Delta in...
aboard, but the two crew members were killed. On 1 December 1993, NorthwestAirlink Flight 5719 had a controlled flight into terrain killing all crew...
Vacations. United Express served Denver from Rockford from 2006 to 2008. NorthwestAirlink served Detroit on and off from the 1980s until 2001 when it pulled...
wholly owned subsidiary Northwest Airlines, began flying MFE to Memphis on NorthwestAirlink partner Pinnacle Airlines. Northwest Airlines had previously...
date 141 1 "Killer Attitude" NorthwestAirlink Flight 5719 20 February 2017 (2017-02-20) On 1 December 1993, NorthwestAirlink Flight 5719 crashes into a...
In 1987, Big Sky was operating code sharing service as NorthwestAirlink on behalf of Northwest Airlines from a hub in Billings with British Aerospace...
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