Northwest to Fly Madison - Washington Nonstop

[babypurin]

Northwest Airlines (Nasdaq: NWAC - News) today announced that it will begin offering the only nonstop service between Madison's Dane County Regional Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, beginning June 9, 2005.

"Northwest is proud to build on its tradition of connecting Dane County travelers to the world with Madison's only nonstop service to Washington," said Robert Isom, senior vice president of customer service at Northwest Airlines, at a news conference announcing the new service. "Connecting the nation's capital to the capital of Wisconsin, a key market for Northwest, is yet another example of our commitment to our many loyal customers in the Heartland of America."

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050302/cgw034_1.html

[PHF2ATL]

Next thing you know they'll be flying GFK-AMS

[chrisburns]

Next thing you know they'll be flying GFK-AMS

Yep, thats coming next, out of Grand Forks Air force base though, longer runway

[polishsausage248]

hmmm.....seems kinda an unexpected move from nwa, but I seriously doubt that they will add as many flights as in MKE, even though I am very happy for Madison!

[NWAirlinkCRJ@ERI]

Great to see them opening niche markets!

I'm sure this route will do well!

-Pete

[Humberside]

Are they going to move LAN-IAD to DCA?

[NWAirlinkCRJ@ERI]

Are they going to move LAN-IAD to DCA?

Yup already has happened!

-Pete

[FlyCharlestonSC]

Great for NW.
I guess all of Skyteam must be closely eyeing US Airways' DCA opps.

One question though:
Where are the slots coming from?

[babypurin]

Great for NW.
I guess all of Skyteam must be closely eyeing US Airways' DCA opps.

One question though:
Where are the slots coming from?

NW has avaliable slots at DCA, no need for extra.

[chrisburns]

Great for NW.
I guess all of Skyteam must be closely eyeing US Airways' DCA opps.

One question though:
Where are the slots coming from?

Maybe, but US leases several slots from NW, many of you probably dont remember but NW at one time had a hub at DCA.

[FlyCharlestonSC]

A hub?

Where did they serve?
How many times per day?
What planes?

I really had no idea...just wondering if anyone could get some specifics.

[chrisburns]

A hub?

Where did they serve?
How many times per day?
What planes?

I really had no idea...just wondering if anyone could get some specifics.

Not exactly sure on the first one, I believe, MCO, DTW, MEM, BOS, LGA, etc were a couple of them, they had at the peak well over 100 flights a day.

I believe the hub was back in around 1993 mostly with DC-9's and 727's before they decided to use the planes are other routes. My dad was based at DCA for about 3 months.