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- BUSINESS, Page 42Business NotesAIRLINESDelta Aces Its Rivals
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- After a marathon bidding session for the prime pieces of the
- bankrupt Pan Am, the spoils went last week to the most low-profile
- of the Big Three U.S. carriers: Delta. The Atlanta-based airline
- bested its rivals with a $1.7 billion bid for assets that will put
- Delta on a par with megacarriers American and United. Delta will
- acquire Pan Am's Northeastern shuttle, its North Atlantic routes
- and the airline's strategic hub in Frankfurt. Pan Am will survive
- as a shadow of its once mighty self, providing service to the
- Caribbean and Latin America. But Delta will have a piece of that
- action too, owning 45% of the scaled-down Pan Am.
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