Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1926 - 2010
Historical Note
Northwest Airlines was a major United States airline from 1926 to 2010. Initially established as Northwest Airways, Inc. it became Northwest Airlines in 1933. From 1947 through 1986, the airline was referred to as Northwest Orient Airlines between 1947 and 1986. The word 'Orient' was used after the airlines expanded their route map to include flights to Asia. It was removed from the airline name after the 1986 merger with Republic Airlines. The airline ceased operations when it was acquired and merged into Delta Air Lines.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Commercial Airlines Collection (Part 4, N-S)
Collection
Identifier: 2018-00-00-23-4
Abstract
The Commercial Airlines Collection is an artificial collection comprised of textual, visual, and audiovisual materials of commercial airlines from around the world, 1910s-2020s.
Dates:
circa 1910s-2010s
Found in:
The Museum of Flight Archives
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