=20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- This article was sent to you by someone who found it on SFGate. The original article can be found on SFGate.com here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2007/05/02/financial/= f175449D94.DTL --------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday, May 2, 2007 (AP) NWA's New Compass Airlines Takes Off (05-02) 17:54 PDT Eagan, Minn. (AP) -- Northwest Airlines Corp.'s new subsidiary took its first paying flight Wednesday. Compass Airlines Flight 2002 left Washington's Dulles International Airport with 43 passengers and landed in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. It arrived two minutes early. Compass is starting out with a single 50-seat CRJ-200 regional jet that will fly twice a day between Washington and Minneapolis. Northwest has said it will eventually add 36 Embraer EMB-175 regional jets, which seat 76 people. Compass will have a fleet of 10 of those aircraft by the end of this year, Northwest said. Northwest recently bought regional carrier Mesaba Aviation Inc. out of bankruptcy, and it also contracts with Pinnacle Airlines Corp. for regional flights. ---------------------------------------------------------= ------------- Copyright 2007 AP <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> If you wish to unsubscribe from the AIRLINE List, please send an E-mail to: "listserv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx". Within the body of the text, only write the following:"SIGNOFF AIRLINE".