Northwest Airlines Orders Additional Airbus A330 Aircraft

MINNEAPOLIS, Jan. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Northwest Airlines today announced that it has ordered eight additional Airbus A330 wide-body aircraft.

The additional A330s will fly international routes and will replace, on a one-for-one basis, DC10-30 aircraft in Northwest’s fleet beginning in 2006 and continuing through 2007. With these additional A330 aircraft, Northwest will be able to replace the DC10-30 on all trans-Atlantic routes operated by Northwest.

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