Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines Kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month with Flight of Pink Plane

Business Wire, Oct 1, 2008

Employees from Northwest and Delta on hand to raise awareness and kick off fund-raising effort

EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines is teaming with Delta Air Lines to kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month by flying Delta's pink plane from LaGuardia to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Breast cancer survivors from both companies, as well as company executives will take the flight and be on hand for a ceremony following the plane's arrival.

Video and sound bites are available via satellite.

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Video includes pictures of the arrival of the Pink Plane and the painted mini-Cooper, deplaning of 80 Northwest and Delta flight attendants who have been affected by breast cancer, comments from survivors, comments from Delta Air Lines SVP In-flight Services Joanne Smith and Northwest Airlines SVP Inflight Services Julie Showers.

Northwest Airlines is one of the world's largest airlines with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam. Northwest, with its regional partners, operates approximately 2,400 daily departures. Northwest is a member of SkyTeam, an airline alliance that offers customers one of the world's most extensive global networks. Northwest and its travel partners serve more than 1,000 cities in excess of 160 countries on six continents.