(from Joe Brancatelli today) Northwest Airlines said Wednesday that it had concluded a code-share and marketing agreement with Greyhound, the nation's largest bus line. Effective immediately, Northwest said it would put its "NW" code on Greyhound bus routes to and from the carrier's hubs at Minneapolis, Detroit and Memphis. Beginning March 15, Northwest will phase out flights to any city where Greyhound offers competing bus service. "We're committed to driving down costs and it's more efficient for us to code-share with Greyhound rather than run our own flights," said Northwest president Doug Steenland. "We believe Northwest customers will find that Greyhound offers a level of service consistent with what they have come to expect on Northwest." In a related matter, Steenland confirmed that Northwest is in conversations with Japan's Yokohoma Lines (YL) about a potential code-share deal. "We're in the preliminary stages," Steenland said, "but we think the opportunity exists to eliminate some of our transpacific flights, rationalize our Narita hub and code-share with YL on their tramp steamers." __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - forms, calculators, tips, more http://taxes.yahoo.com/