International Route Reductions at Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines, with its trans-Atlantic joint venture partner KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, has confirmed it is to suspend flights between Minneapolis/St. Paul-Paris and cancel flights between Detroit-Dusseldorf and Hartford-Amsterdam – effective October 1, 2008.

With oil reaching a record-breaking $140 a barrel in Thursday trading, the reductions come in response to soaring fuel costs and decreased customer demand. Customers with advance bookings for these flights will be offered alternate NWA or SkyTeam alliance flight re-accommodations.

Selective frequency reductions and aircraft type changes may also be implemented on additional trans-Atlantic flights, depending on oil prices and ongoing customer demand.

Flights between Minneapolis/St. Paul and Paris are currently scheduled to resume on March 28, 2009.

In the past few weeks, American Airlines, United Airlines, Air New Zealand, Qantas, Continental Airlines and Air Canada have also announced significant reductions to their international operations.

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