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 Northwest Airlines, as of October 2008 a subsidiary of Delta Air Lines, was founded in 1926 as Northwest Airways. Combining airlines with Delta Air Line, the name Northwest Airlines will be retired in early 2010. Today Northwest Airlines headquarters is located in Eagan, Minnesota, United States.
Today Northwest Airlines has a fleet size of 304 aircraft that takes the airline to 254 destinations throughout the world. Before its merger with Delta Air Lines, Northwest was the 6th largest airline.
Northwest Airlines is a member airline of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance between 11 world airlines that serve 905 cities in over 169 countries.
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