Northwest Airlines Corporation Mergers and Acquisitions


Northwest Airlines Corporation

2700 Lone Oak Parkway
Eagan, MN 55121
United States
Tel:1/612 726-2111
URL: http://www.nwa.com
Industry:
Airline
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Northwest Airlines Corporation M&A History


Delta Air Lines Inc acquires Northwest Airlines Corp Delta Air Lines Inc acquires Northwest Airlines CorpOct 29, 2008

US - Delta Air Lines Inc (DA) merged with Northwest Airlines Corp (NA), a provider of airline transportation services, in a stock swap transaction valued at $#.### bil. DA offered #.## common shares for every common NA share. Based

Harbert Management Corp acquires a minority stake in Northwest Airlines Corp Harbert Management Corp acquires a minority stake in Northwest Airlines CorpOct 16, 2007

US - Harbert Management Corp, through its subsidiaries, acquired a #.###% stake, or ##.# mil common shares, in Northwest Airlines Corp, a provider of airline transportation services, for $### mil, in a privately negotiated transaction.

Northwest Airlines Corp acquires a minority stake in Midwest Air Group Inc (pending) Northwest Airlines Corp acquires a minority stake in Midwest Air Group Inc (pending)Sep 15, 2007

US - Northwest Airlines Corp planned to acquire a ##% stake in Midwest Air Group Inc, a passenger airline, for $### mil, in a privately negotiated transaction.

Creditors acquires Northwest Airlines Corp Creditors acquires Northwest Airlines CorpMay 31, 2007

US - Northwest Airlines Corp (NW), a provider of passenger airline transportation services, completed a debt restructuring with creditors (CR), in a transaction valued at $#.## bil. On completion, CRs owned an ##.##% interest, or ###.### mil new

Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Mesaba Airlines from Mesaba Holdings Inc Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Mesaba Airlines from Mesaba Holdings IncApr 24, 2007

US - Northwest Airlines Corp acquired Mesaba Airlines, doing business as Northwest Airlink, a provider of passenger airlines services, from Mair Holdings Inc.

Northwest Airlines Corp acquires FLYi Inc-Certain Operating from FLYi Inc Northwest Airlines Corp acquires FLYi Inc-Certain Operating from FLYi IncJul 25, 2006

US - Northwest Airlines Corp acquired certain operating certificates and related assets of FLYi Inc, a passenger airline company, for $#.# mil in cash. The transaction was to include certain Department of Transportation (DOT) and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operating certificates.

Northwest Airlines Corp withdraws offer for Mesaba Holdings Inc Northwest Airlines Corp withdraws offer for Mesaba Holdings IncNov 01, 2000

US - Northwest Airlines Corp (NW) withdrew its plan to acquire the remaining ##% interest or ##.### mil common shares, that it did not already own, in Mesaba Holdings Inc, an airline holding company, for $## per share, or a

American Airlines Inc is rumored to be planning to acquire Northwest Airlines Corp American Airlines Inc is rumored to be planning to acquire  Northwest Airlines CorpJun 02, 2000

US - American Airlines Inc, a unit of AMR Corp, was rumored to be in negotiations to acquire all the outstanding common stock of Northwest Airlines Corp, a passenger airline.

Northwest Airlines Corp acquires a minority stake in Continental Airlines Inc Northwest Airlines Corp acquires a minority stake in Continental Airlines IncNov 20, 1998

Northwest Airlines (NW) acquired a ##.#% stake, or #,###,### class A common shares, in Continental Airlines (CA) from Air Partners for an amended $###.## mil, in the formation of a strategic alliance. The consideration consisted $###

KLM Cargo-Dutch Cargo acquires Northwest Airlines-Dutch Cargo from Northwest Airlines Corp KLM Cargo-Dutch Cargo acquires Northwest Airlines-Dutch Cargo from Northwest Airlines CorpAug 20, 1998

KLM Cargo (KLM),a unit of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, planned to merge its Dutch cargo operations with the Dutch cargo operations of Northwest Airlines (NA), a unit of Wings Holding's NWA Inc subsidiary. Previously, KLM withdrew plans to

Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Express Airlines I Inc from Phoenix Airline Services Inc Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Express Airlines I Inc from Phoenix Airline Services IncMar 24, 1997

US - Northwest Airlines acquired Express Airlines I, a provider of airline transportation services, from Phoenix Airline Services. Terms were not disclosed.

KLM acquires a minority stake in Northwest Airlines Corp KLM acquires a minority stake in Northwest Airlines CorpDec 30, 1994

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines raised its stake to ##% from ##% in Northwest Airlines, a unit of the NWA subsidiary of Wings Holdings, by purchasing #,###,### common shares, or #% of the company's outstanding stock, from Foster

KLM Cargo-Dutch Cargo withdraws offer for Northwest Airlines-Dutch Cargo KLM Cargo-Dutch Cargo withdraws offer for Northwest Airlines-Dutch CargoOct 20, 1993

KLM Cargo, a subsidiary of KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, withdrew from plans to merge its Dutch cargo operations with those of Northwest Airlines, a subsidiary of the NWA unit of Wings Holdings. The new company was to be named KLM Cargo.

Northwest Airlines Corp withdraws offer for USAir Inc-Baltimore to London Northwest Airlines Corp withdraws offer for USAir Inc-Baltimore to LondonApr 15, 1993

Northwest Airlines, a unit of NWA, was no longer planning to acquire the Baltimore to London route of USAir, a unit of USAir Group, for $# mil. The transaction was not approved by the Department of Transportation (DOT), as Northwest

Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Hawaiian Airlines-Route from Hawaiian Holdings Inc Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Hawaiian Airlines-Route from Hawaiian Holdings IncSep 25, 1992

Northwest Airlines, a unit of NWA, acquired the Honolulu-Fukuoka route from Hawaiian Airlines, a unit of HAL, for forgiveness of a $# mil loan and other considerations. The transaction had received regulatory approval.

Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Pan Am-Detroit to London Route from Pan Am Corp Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Pan Am-Detroit to London Route from Pan Am CorpApr 06, 1992

Northwest Airlines, a unit of NWA, agreed to acquire the Detroit to London route of Pan Am for $# mil. The agreement follows the termination of a pact between defunct Pan Am and Delta Air Lines, which claimed to have

Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Midway Airline-18 Midway Gates from Midway Airlines Inc Northwest Airlines Corp acquires Midway Airline-18 Midway Gates from Midway Airlines IncOct 14, 1991

Northwest Airlines, a unit of NWA acquired leaseholds on ## Midway Airport gates from the bankrupt Midway Airlines (MA). The tranaction included a guaranteed investment of $## mil. The transaction was part of a larger deal in which Northwest was

Northwest Airlines Corp withdraws offer for Midway Airlines Inc Northwest Airlines Corp withdraws offer for Midway Airlines IncSep 20, 1991

Northwest Airlines, a unit of NWA, terminated its agreement to acquire the bankrupt Midway Airlines for $###.# mil. The offer, which was to have been satisfied with $##.# mil in notes and a cash infusion and $### mil

Northwest Airlines Corp acquires a minority stake in Hawaiian Airlines Inc(HAL Inc) from HAL Acquisition Corp Northwest Airlines Corp acquires a minority stake in Hawaiian Airlines Inc(HAL Inc) from HAL Acquisition CorpAug 29, 1991

Northwest Airlines, a unit of NWA, acquired a ##% stake in Peter Ueberroth's Hawaiian Airlines, a unit of HAL, as well as certain of Hawaiian's Pacific routes, for $## mil. Of the total, $# mil was in the

Northwest Airlines Corp intends to acquire America West-Honolulu-Nagoya from US Airways Group Inc Northwest Airlines Corp intends to acquire  America West-Honolulu-Nagoya from US Airways Group IncAug 19, 1991

Northwest Airlines, a subsidiary of NWA, acquired a two-year option to purchase America West Airline's Honolulu-Nagoya, Japan route for $## mil. America West was operating under Chapter ## bankruptcy at the time of the transaction.

Northwest Airlines Corporation M&A Summary


Northwest Airlines Corporation has made 6 acquisitions while taking stakes in 2 companies. Northwest Airlines Corporation has 4 divestitures during this period.
YearAcquisitionsStakesDivestitures
2009000
2008001
2007102
2006100
2005000
2004000
2003000
2002000
2001000
2000000
1999000
1998010
1997100
1996000
1995000
1994001
1993000
1992100
1991210
Total624

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