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Article: Northwest Airlines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Sign Long-Term Global Joint Venture Agreement

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September 29, 1997
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NEW YORK, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- At a ceremony in New York today, Northwest President and Chief Executive Officer John Dasburg and KLM President and Chief Executive Officer Leo van Wijk executed a ten-year global joint venture agreement. Included in the primary agreements are a contract for Northwest's repurchase of KLM's stock interest in Northwest, and an alliance implementation agreement which is designed to take the successful and profitable Northwest-KLM alliance to the next stage of development and integration.

"Our more than five years of experience of working with KLM, and the depth of the integration of virtually every aspect of our operations ... 







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