Airline Adds Routes: Northwest Airlines said it...

Airline Adds Routes: Northwest Airlines said it will open four new transpacific routes and two new transatlantic routes today in what it called the largest single international expansion in its history. The new Pacific routes are Los Angeles/Osaka, Japan, three times a week; Seattle-Tacoma/Tokyo nonstop three times a week; Minneapolis-St. Paul/Tokyo, twice a week; Detroit/Seoul, South Korea, nonstop twice a week. The new Atlantic routes, both daily nonstops, are Detroit/Paris and Detroit/Frankfurt. The airline also said it would expand service in 13 existing markets, including the addition of a third daily round trip between Los Angeles and San Francisco.