(February 15, 2008) - Unaccompanied minors, children ages 5 to 14 traveling without an adult 18 years of age or older, will no longer be allowed to connect from a Northwest Airlines or KLM Royal Dutch Airlines flight to a Continental Airlines (CO) or Delta Air Lines (DL) flight. This change applies to both domestic and international travel.

Continental and Delta are joining American Airlines (AA), US Airways (US), and Hawaiian Airlines (HA) and will no longer accept unaccompanied minors on itineraries that include interline connections.

For Continental, the new policy will apply to tickets issued on/after February 17, 2008. For Delta, the new policy will apply to tickets issued on/after March 1, 2008. Unaccompanied minors with tickets issued prior to the dates above will be allowed to travel as scheduled, even if travel is scheduled after February 17 or March 1.

Continental and Delta will also honor any changes and allow for interline itineraries for tickets issued prior to February 17 or March 1, even if travel is after February 17 or March 1.

Unaccompanied minors booked with interline connections to any of the airlines listed above will not be boarded at their origination city.

Unaccompanied minors continue to be prohibited from transatlantic and transpacific flights that include interline connections outside of the U.S. to carriers that are not partners with Northwest and KLM.