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July 22, 2008

Buy an Airline Ticket on Northwest — and Take the Bus??

Filed under: Northwest — Rick Seaney @ 11:41 am

Not sure I’d be mentioning this latest emergency landing by an Northwest — except, it IS the second time it’s happened this week — and the second time this week that Northwest passengers found themselves finishing up their flights, on a bus.

The latest adventure happened yesterday when NWA’s flight 126, heading from Minneapolis to Chicago — had a pressurization problem, and landed in Madison, Wisconsin.

No problem — lovely city — and the 115 passengers and crew were in fine shape.

But then they got on a bus, and took off for Chicago. Estimated drive time, 2-and a half hours (thanks, Mapquest). For awhile, Northwest’s slogan was, “Now You’re Flying Smart”. Well — when they let you fly.
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  1. Its probably much quicker and cheaper for the airline to hire a bus than bring another plane to that airport. The passengers probably got to their destination much sooner than they would’ve if they had to wait for another plane.

    Comment by Kirby K — July 25, 2008 @ 8:57 am

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