Northwest Airlines receives more than 100,000 letters of support for Detroit-China service

July 24, 2007

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Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) received more than 100,000 letters of support in the first three days following its bid for a Detroit-China direct service.

The airline said the letters were filed on 19 July with the United States Department of Transportation (DOT), and it is confident that the DOT will take into account the views of these hundred thousand travellers.

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