It adopted the name “Northwest Orient” for advertising purposes. The airline’s Asian connections proved useful in 1950 when the U.S. government chose the airline for the Korean Air Lift mission.

Archrivals Northwest Orient Airlines and Republic Airlines have agreed to merge in a $884 million cash deal that would create the nation`s third largest airline. The combination of the airlines ...

A riveting tale of aviation's darkest unsolved mystery told from the perspective of the final flight attendant to leave the ...

It adopted the name “Northwest Orient” for advertising purposes. The airline’s Asian connections proved useful in 1950 when the U.S. government chose the airline for the Korean Air Lift mission.

Delta is the leading U.S. airline in the trans-Atlantic market and has strong domestic routes, especially in the Northeast, South and West. Northwest — once known as Northwest Orient — has ...

The crash of Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 6231 took the lives of Capt. John Lagorio, 35, of Edina, Minnesota, First Officer Walter Zadra, 32, and Second Officer James Cox, 33, both of Seattle.

Robert J. Wright’s first job with fledgling Minneapolis-based Northwest Orient Airlines was as a ticket agent at the front counter of the carrier’s downtown Seattle office in 1946. By the end ...