Northwest to Drop Nonstop Flights Between Hartford and Amsterdam

Oct 13th, 2008 | By Jared Blank

Norhtwest announced that it will drop nonstop flights between Hartford and Amsterdam for the usual economic reasons (they’re also dropping nonstops from Detroit to Dusseldorf and suspending Minneapolis-Paris for the winter). I really only bring this up because one of the arguements for the Boeing 787 was that it would allow airlines to fly mid-haul between non-hub cities (ie, Hartford to Amsterdam). We’ve seen a number of these second-tier markets dry up during this economic rough patch and it makes me wonder whether those flights are viable or not. I don’t have an answer, but I’m wondering if we’ll see the diversity of flights initially promised by the new airplanes.

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