Delta-MSP deal approved

The Metropolitan Airports Commission, which manages Minneapolis-St. Paul International, yesterday voted to approve an agreement with Delta Air Lines under which MSP will become the "Delta North" headquarters and the airline will retain many of the financial benefits that subsidiary Northwest Airlines enjoyed by basing its headquarters there. DL and MAC reached a tentative deal in December, but MAC's board declined to approve it this month (ATWOnline, Jan. 19). DL held firm to the deal, ...