NWA Cargo, the cargo subsidiary of Northwest Airlines. NWA Cargo’s freighter fleet 14 Boeing 747 freighter aircraft fly from key cities throughout the United States and Asia and connect at the carrier’s cargo hub in Anchorage, Alaska, facilitating the quick transfer of cargo between large cities on both sides of the Pacific. NWA Cargo also transports freight aboard the passenger fleet of Northwest Airlines.
Northwest Airlines began in 1926 carrying air mail from the Twin Cities of Minneapolis/St. Paul to Chicago with a "fleet" of two rented, open-cockpit biplanes-a Thomas Morse Scout and a Curtiss Oriole. For the first nine months of operation, cargo was the only revenue onboard.
Through acquisitions and organic growth, Northwest has grown to be the world’s fifth largest passenger airline and the largest cargo carrier among U.S. combination passenger and cargo airlines.
