Northwest Airlines

The 'old bus' endures: Sir Charles Kingsford-Smith's famous Fokker Southern Cross has pride of place in Brisbane.(RESTORED)
Aviation History; 1/1/2010; 2055 words; ...In April 1929, after Kingsford-Smith force-landed in northwest Australia, tragedy struck: Aviators Keith Anderson and Robert...Smith for the rest of his career. Smithy formed his own airline, Australian National Airways, and was knighted in 1932...

Privatize airport?(PUERTO RICO)
Caribbean Update; 1/1/2010; 649 words; ...than airport improvements, but that would require the backing of 65% of the airlines serving Puerto Rico, which include American, US Airways, JetBlue and Northwest; If approved, part of the money would be used to reduce the Port Authority...

Airports scramble to keep up with the threat
The Independent on Sunday; 12/27/2009; 1437 words; ...limit of one item of hand luggage. Some airlines will now compel passengers to sit in...so passengers should contact their airline before travelling." Until a decade...Africa If the attempt to obliterate Northwest Airlines flight 253 came as a shock for the United...

Nigeria banker fears son is alleged plane attacker
AP Online; 12/26/2009; 2111 words; ...said. The commotion began as Northwest Airlines Flight 253, carrying 278...measures were quickly imposed on airline travel. Dutch anti-terrorism...the U.S. has asked all airlines to take extra precautions...airport for Flight 253. Dutch airline KLM says the connection in...

US seeks global security stepup on US-bound travel
AP Worldstream; 12/26/2009; 1094 words; Airline passengers across Europe faced body...Farouk Abdul Mutallab of Nigeria boarded Northwest Airlines Flight 253 and tried to set off an incendiary...hours at Schiphol Airport before the Northwest Airbus A330 lifted off for the nine...