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Article: Travellers warned that a Northwest Airlines strike could affect other airlines.
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- Airline Industry Information
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- March 8, 2001
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A US airline expert has warned clients that they should be prepared for travel disruption if mechanics, cleaners and custodians with Northwest Airlines strike, even if their flight is not booked with that carrier.
Terry Trippler of Internet travel broker OneTravel.com has warned that Northwest Airlines code-shares with Continental Airlines, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and more than 12 other carriers, and that flights booked with these airlines could actually be operated by Northwest Airlines.
A spokesperson for Northwest Airlines indicated that 1,652 of the carrier's 1,700 daily ...