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Northwest Airlines grounds its Wings fear-of-flying program

...MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Northwest Airline has temporarily grounded its Wings fear-of-flying program. Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said the decision was based on the Eagan-based airline's "revenue situation." He said there were some reservations...

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Minnesotans keep on flying

...signs of the travel drop off seen in the week after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. Northwest Airlines spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said the Eagan-based carrier was flying a full schedule, and there was no "measurable" decrease in people traveling...

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Northwest fixes glitch in new effort to add $10 surcharge

...technical problems while trying to get its new fuel surcharge loaded into airline reservation systems. Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said the surcharge was added to Sabre, the largest airline computer reservation system, on Thursday, but the carrier...

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Landing gear on NWA plane fails

...landing gear collapsed during its landing at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, said Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch. Four crew members and 66 passengers were aboard the flight, which took off at 6:36 p.m. in Louisville, Ky...

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Still talking

...threat of a strike that could wreck the nation's fourth-largest airline made that unlikely. Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch has declined to address the issue directly, but said the company intended to keep talking. "We continue to negotiate...

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Northwest Airlines will furlough 40 more pilots by October

...keeping a number of surplus pilots on the payroll in the event of a quick business turnaround," Northwest spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said. But because there will be fewer flights during the fall, there isn't a need to retain extra pilots, he said...

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Union says Northwest plans more pilot layoffs

...telling them of the airline's layoff plan. The union said it learned the news earlier in the day from management. Kurt Ebenhoch, a Northwest spokesman, said Tuesday night that he was unable to confirm the layoff plans. Last month, Northwest...

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Northwest Airlines pulls pretzels from flights

...soda will have to pay for it. They can get a 3-ounce bag of trail mix for $1. Northwest Airlines Corp. spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said Friday the airline has no immediate plans to stop offering soda for free. Ebenhoch said pulling the free pretzels...

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Passengers wait on runway for more than eight hours

...1806 was scheduled to take off at 1:44 p.m. The wheels finally left the tarmac at 9:53 p.m. The Boeing 777 was one of hundreds delayed by a string of thunderstorms on the East Coast, United Airlines spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch said.

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Northwest to charge $25 for paper tickets

...which since June has charged $10 for paper tickets, is working to phase out paper tickets altogether, said spokesman Kurt Ebenhoch. The world's fourth-largest airline, based in Eagan, also will increase the fee to $25 for converting existing...

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