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Delta Air Lines: Utah braces for possible merger
Airline officials upbeat about future in SLC, House speaker says
By Brandon Loomis
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 01/28/2008 11:34:44 PM MST
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if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } Utah political and business leaders agreed Monday to assemble quickly if and when Delta Air Lines merges with another carrier to hash out financial and other incentives that keep the company's Western hub in Salt Lake City.
And they expect that call soon. House Speaker Greg Curtis, who has met with Delta officials to discuss their needs, said he'll be surprised if Delta's direction isn't determined within two weeks.
Curtis told members of a new airport strategy panel called together by Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker that Delta officials are upbeat about their future in Utah.
"I actually left feeling very good that if there is a merger they want to talk very proactively about airport expansion," Curtis said at the initial meeting of the Air Transportation Promotion Alliance, which is to be co-chaired by Becker and Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.
Panel members meeting at the City-County Building said they hope - and some are beginning to expect - that the winning suitor for Delta will be Northwest, and not United. That could bode well for Salt Lake's hub, because Northwest does not currently funnel flights through any airport in the region, while United already uses Denver International Airport.
I know they may just be telling all these politicians what they want to hear, but I like it.
Airline officials upbeat about future in SLC, House speaker says
By Brandon Loomis
The Salt Lake Tribune
Article Last Updated: 01/28/2008 11:34:44 PM MST
var requestedWidth = 0;
if(requestedWidth > 0){ document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.width = requestedWidth + "px"; document.getElementById('articleViewerGroup').style.margin = "0px 0px 10px 10px"; } Utah political and business leaders agreed Monday to assemble quickly if and when Delta Air Lines merges with another carrier to hash out financial and other incentives that keep the company's Western hub in Salt Lake City.
And they expect that call soon. House Speaker Greg Curtis, who has met with Delta officials to discuss their needs, said he'll be surprised if Delta's direction isn't determined within two weeks.
Curtis told members of a new airport strategy panel called together by Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker that Delta officials are upbeat about their future in Utah.
"I actually left feeling very good that if there is a merger they want to talk very proactively about airport expansion," Curtis said at the initial meeting of the Air Transportation Promotion Alliance, which is to be co-chaired by Becker and Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.
Panel members meeting at the City-County Building said they hope - and some are beginning to expect - that the winning suitor for Delta will be Northwest, and not United. That could bode well for Salt Lake's hub, because Northwest does not currently funnel flights through any airport in the region, while United already uses Denver International Airport.
I know they may just be telling all these politicians what they want to hear, but I like it.
