Northwest Airlines Corporation

Company

• Pre-filing annual sales: $12,588 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing assets: $20,964 (millions of current dollars)
• Pre-filing number of employees: 39,342
• Sub-industry: 45 Transportation By Air
• Place of incorporation: DE
• Court for city of headquarters: MN St. Paul
• In business at filing? yes

Bankruptcy case

• Chapter at filing: Chapter 11
• Who filed case? debtors
• Debtor's lead attorney: Cadwalader Wickersham
• Date of filing: September 14, 2005
• Judge at filing: Allan L. Gropper
• Court district of filing: NY SD
• Court city of filing: New York
• Case number: 05-17930
• Cause of bankruptcy: Not tort
• Forum shop? Forum Shop


• Case transferred? no
• Destination court of transfer: not applicable
• Creditors committee appointed? yes
• §363 sale: no 363 sale
• Dip loan final approval? yes
• Plan type: free fall


• Disposition status: confirmed
• Date of disposition: May 18, 2007
• Judge at disposition: Allan L. Gropper
• Days from filing to disposition: 611

After the case

• Did firm emerge? Company emerged
• Did firm refile? emerged 5 years, did not refile