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Associated Press

FAA: Delta, Northwest can work as single carrier

By HARRY R. WEBER , 12.31.09, 09:43 AM EST
ATLANTA -- Delta Air lines has received government permission to operate its namesake service and its Northwest Airlines subsidiary as a single carrier.
The single operating certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration allows Delta to put its code on Northwest flights and phase out the Northwest name. That process will be complete in the first quarter of 2010. For now, travelers won't notice anything different.

Delta, based in Atlanta, acquired Northwest in October 2008 to become the world's biggest airline.
A Delta executive said in a memo to employees Thursday that Delta and Northwest are now one airline. It means that for the first time, pre-merger Northwest operations will be combined into Delta's operations.