Northwest Airlines: Now your flying smart (Northwest)

Member Name: nitrocide

Product:	Northwest
Date:	31/03/08 (84 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Good airline company

Disadvantages: just a few small ones but nothing to worry about

Northwest Airlines operates from Indianapolis, Honolulu and Seattle-Tacoma airports in America. It offers 255 destinations all over the world. Northwest Airlines has a fleet size of 343 planes and a further 25 on order. Northwest Airlines headquarters are located in Eagan, Minnesota in the USA. Northwest Airlines was founded in 1926 as Northwest Airways and can now be found on airfields under the names NW for IATA (International Aviation Transport Association) or NWA for ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization).

* 57 planes and 5 orders on the Airbus 319
* 73 planes and 2 orders on the Airbus 320
* 11 Airbus 330-300
* 16 Boeing 747-400
* 55 Boeing 757-200
* 16 Boeing 757-300
* 18 orders on the Boeing 787-800
* 48 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30
* 12 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-40
* 34 McDonnell Douglas DC-9-50

Northwest Airlines offers 4 different classes to be seated in: World Business Class, Domestic first class, International economy and Domestic economy.

There are 33 known accidents and/or incidents that have occurred to Northwest Airlines and in total 466 people have died and 99 people have managed to survive. These figures are really good as Northwest Airlines has operated for 82 years now.

My experience with Northwest Airlines,

I think Northwest Airlines is a good company, it is fairly reliable as the departure times where on time or early and sometimes to late, however the crew was very friendly. Seats range 60 inches in business to 17 inches in economy.

Food is offered onboard on most international flights in the form of breakfast and dinner. For dinner in economy class you get a plate with a three course meal which mostly include the following: salad, main and a desert. It has been a fairly long time ago I flew with them but the food most have been nice international airplane food.

All planes of Northwest Airlines are well looked after especially with the new paint job which really worked out well. The paint hasn't peeled of and no there are hardly any loose parts.

Prices of Northwest Airlines are similar to other airline companies and could be lower and sometimes higher. Food and Drink are offered on the long haul flights which is included in the price.

Some larger planes to destinations further away do have the availability of personal TV-screens.

The crew I flew with was very nice and fairly young. They where all very helpful and made sure I had a good time on my flight to Detroit.


Thanks for reading -Nitrocide-

Summary: Good company with a nice plane paint job