Northwest Airlines (often abbreviated as NWA) was a major airline in the United States that operated from 1926 until it merged with Delta Air Lines in 2010. [1] The merger made Delta the largest airline in the world until the American Airlines–US Airways merger in 2013.

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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.

On April 14th, 2008, Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines (NWA) announced an agreement to merge and create a $17.7 billion enterprise. The name "Delta" would survive the merger, and the combined airline would serve passengers across the US …

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By the time it merged with Delta in 2008, Northwest Airlines carried the most passengers across the Pacific and was a top cargo carrier in the United States. As it grew, Northwest pioneered—a northern route to Asia, all-cargo jet operations, a global alliance and other industry "firsts."

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.

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.

Northwest Airlines traced its lineage to 13 U.S. airlines, the first of which took off in 1926. Our airline ancestors were: Northwest Airways was founded in 1926 and reincorporated as Northwest Airlines, Inc. in 1934.

On April 14, 2008, both Delta and Northwest Airlines announced that they would merge to create the world's largest airline under the Delta name. The Atlanta-based combined airline will have $17.7 billion enterprise value. [8]