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Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010. The merger made Delta the largest airline in the world until the American Airlines–US Airways merger in 2013.
Our work is to tell these stories, personal and global, examining and celebrating the impact of commercial aviation, and the legacy of Northwest Airlines and its family tree in particular.
As it grew, Northwest pioneered—a northern route to Asia, all-cargo jet operations, a global alliance and other industry "firsts." Learn more about Northwest and its affiliated airlines—Hughes Airwest, North Central Airlines, Southern Airways and Republic Airlines.
Northwest Airlines was a major United States airline which existed from 1926 until 2010, when it merged with Delta Air Lines and became part of Delta Air Lines fleet. At the time of the merger it had a total of 309 aircraft.
In this wing of our website, we invite you to experience the long, complex history of the Northwest Family through the wide variety of aircraft flown by NWA and the airlines melded with it, as well as allied Airlink and Express carriers.
Apr 8, 2024 · The history of Northwest Airlines. A few months before aviator Charles Lindbergh made his record-breaking transatlantic flight, Northwest Airways, Inc. began carrying airmail between the...
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Oct 30, 2008 · For 82 years, Northwest Airlines has been a Minnesota company, Minnesota's airline. With Delta's acquisition of Northwest, though, the airline will fade into history.
