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Article: Mesaba Aviation to Fly CRJ Regional Jets; New Agreement to Expand and Extend Northwest Airlink Flying.
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- Business Wire
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- April 22, 2005
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MINNEAPOLIS & ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Mesaba Aviation, Inc., a subsidiary company of MAIR Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:MAIR), today announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Northwest Airlines to operate 15 Bombardier CRJ-200 regional jets under the Northwest Airlink banner, with exclusive rights to the next 20 CRJ-200 or CRJ-440 aircraft Northwest Airlines may order. Mesaba will lease the aircraft from Northwest Airlines and expects the first aircraft to enter service before the end of 2005.
"This is a tremendous recognition of the men and women of Mesaba," said John Spanjers, Mesaba president and chief operating officer. "Through their performance and ...