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• Delta, Northwest pilots reach tentative deal
  Delta Air Lines has apparently removed a major impediment to its proposed merger with Eagan-based Northwest Airlines. Delta announced this afternoon it has reached a tentative contract settlement with Northwest pilots.June 24, 2008
• Northwest Airlines announces more cuts in flight capacity
  Northwest Airlines said it will cut its capacity later this year by 3 percent to 4 percent because of high fuel prices. That's a larger cut than it had announced previously.June 17, 2008
• Oberstar asks DOJ to reject Delta-Northwest combo
  Minnesota Congressman James Oberstar wants the Justice Department to reject the planned combination of Delta and Northwest airlines.June 7, 2008
• Oberstar maintains his concerns about NWA-Delta deal
  Congressman Jim Oberstar is not backing away from his contention that Delta Air Lines' acquisition of Northwest will prompt additional airline mergers.May 14, 2008
• Delta, Northwest CEOs assure Senate jobs will stay in Minn.
  Northwest and Delta Airlines are offering firmer and more detailed commitments about what their combination would mean for Minnesota.May 7, 2008
• Delta president to Minn. lawmakers: HQ decision final
  The president and chief financial officer of Delta Airlines is telling Minnesota lawmakers there's nothing they can do that would keep a merged Delta-Northwest headquarters in Minnesota.May 5, 2008
• Lawmakers taking hard line with Northwest, Delta
  A legislative committee today approved two bills that require the state to take a hard line on Northwest Airlines' commitments to keep the carrier's hub and headquarters in Minnesota.April 29, 2008
• MAC wants Delta to make good on NWA promise
  Officials with the Metropolitan Airports Commission will be at the state Capitol today to offer their view on Delta Air Lines' plan to buy Northwest and put the combined airline's headquarters in Atlanta.April 29, 2008
• NWA: Little you can do to keep the headquarters
  A Northwest Airlines executive told Minnesota lawmakers the state has little leverage to keep the headquarters once Delta acquires the Eagan-based airline.April 25, 2008
• Delta, NWA defend proposed combination
  The chief executives of Delta and Northwest on Thursday tried to assuage skeptical lawmakers' concerns about the carriers' proposed combination, defending it as the best way to cope with surging fuel prices.April 24, 2008
• Northwest posts $191 million operating loss
  Northwest and Delta airlines posted combined losses of $10.5 billion on paper in the first three months of the year.April 23, 2008
• Pawlenty meets with NWA, Delta leaders
  Gov. Tim Pawlenty met with the chief executives of Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines to talk about how their combination will affect Minnesota.April 19, 2008
• Northwest, Delta begin the task of gaining approval
  Northwest and Delta airlines are working hard to convince employees, customers and community and political leaders that the airlines' combination will benefit them.April 16, 2008
• Delta, NWA begin selling the deal, but skeptics abound
  For months, Northwest and Delta airlines wouldn't say much about their much anticipated merger. Now, that it's a done deal, the airlines are talking up the transaction big time.April 16, 2008
• Chisholm waits to learn the future of its reservation center
  People in the Iron Range town of Chisholm, Minn., are watching the Delta-Northwest acquisition news with great interest. More than 500 people work at Northwest's Chisholm Reservation Center. Some of the town's residents are confident those Iron Range jobs are secure; while others are more guarded.April 16, 2008

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