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(AP) - Unions at Mesaba Aviation Inc. said
Monday they have approved new concessionary contracts with the
bankrupt airline, a Northwest Airlines feeder.

      About 1,000 pilots, flight attendants and mechanics are covered
by the contracts, which took nearly a year to reach and brought the
unions to the brink of a strike.

      Mesaba said it needed the labor deals to continue handling
regional flying for Northwest Airlines Corp., which also is
operating in bankruptcy. Mesaba earlier got permission from a
bankruptcy judge to impose cuts amounting to 17.5 percent, but held
off as the two sides continued bargaining.

      Union leaders said the negotiated agreements were better than
the terms that would've been imposed.

      Mesaba flies to 88 cities, funneling passengers into Northwest
hubs in Detroit, Minneapolis and Memphis. Its fleet once numbered
about 100 planes, including regional jets, but Northwest has
reduced that to 49 prop-driven Saab aircraft.

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About 1,000 pilots, flight attendants and mechanics are covered
by the contracts, which took nearly a year to reach and brought the
unions to the brink of a strike.


Unions approve new contracts with Mesaba Aviation

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