Early Rounds to Northwest ; Airline Keeps Flying Despite Strike

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MINNEAPOLIS - Northwest Airlines on Monday kept most of its planes flying for a third day since mechanics went on strike, boosting the company's bargaining power with unions and sending its shares higher.

The carrier completed 98 percent of its flights over the weekend, Fulcrum Global Partners analyst Susan Donofrio said Monday, citing Northwest management. About half of Northwest's flights were delayed, some analysts said. Northwest shares rose 28 cents, or 5.2 percent, to $5.66.

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Early Rounds to Northwest ; Airline Keeps Flying Despite Strike

"Northwest is in the lead right now," Darryl Jenkins, an adjunct professor at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Fla., said in an interview. "They will be able to fly through this without too many problems."

The airline's plan calls for spen...

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