Northwest entered bankruptcy court on Sept. 14 and is cutting its domestic schedule to avoid unprofitable routes. Many of those cuts have fallen on its regional carriers, Mesaba and Pinnacle.

Eagan, Minn.-based Northwest, the fourth-largest airline, said Miller Lite will be phased in aboard Northwest and Northwest Airlink-operated flights over the next several weeks.

The carrier cut back dramatically on Northwest Airlink regional affiliates' capacity, reducing it 15.1%, compared with January 2006. But traffic dropped 19.7% load factor, down 3.6 points.