Originally Posted by
satchip
Does compass own the 175s or are they leased? $20 mil seems kinda low if we own the birds.
Compass E175's are owned by Delta (NW owned them on factory delivery).
Mesaba CRJ900's are owned by Delta (NW owned them on factory delivery).
Mesaba Saab 340's are leased by Delta (NW leased them from SAAB).
Delta maintains ownership/leases of all aircraft listed above with the transactions.
What I don't know about are the CRJ-200's at Mesaba and Pinnacle. Under NWA they were controlled/leased by NWA and then farmed out. Mesaba's CR2 fleet only exists because NWA took them from Pinnacle and placed them at Mesaba after Pinnacle pilots didn't agree to certain terms. But I get the impression that since the merger the leases on the CR2's at Pinnacle & Mesaba are no longer sub-leased from Delta.