Why Was Minnesota based Northwest Airlines Called Northwest if they had hubs in MSP, MEM, and DTW?

Northwest Airlines Sounds more Seatlle based

It was referring to the northwestern area of the midwest
https://en.wikipedia.org/...t_Airlines

It started in the northwest and expanded. The old Eastern airlines flew west, too.

History. The same reason Northwestern University is in or almost in Chicago. That was the Northwest at one time.

I should also mention Southwest Airlines.

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