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1990 Time Magazine Compact Almanac, The (1991)(Time).iso
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BUSINESS, Page 45Business NotesAIRLINESGo Northwest, Young Man
After three months on the auction block, NWA, the parent
company of Northwest Airlines, has cast its lot with the man who
started the bidding war in the first place. Last week NWA's board
decided to sell the company for $4.05 billion to a group of
investors headed by Los Angeles financier Alfred Checchi, 41, a
former Marriott executive. Checchi's partners include the Dutch
airline KLM, which will invest $400 million; San Francisco
investment banker Richard Blum ($100 million); and Walt Disney
chief financial officer Gary Wilson ($40 million). The NWA board
favored Checchi's bid because his group offered a $700 million cash
down payment, pledged to keep expanding the fourth largest U.S.
airline, and promised to retain the carrier's current management.
But the $3.35 billion in bank loans that will be used to finance
the deal will make Northwest the most heavily indebted U.S. airline
after Texas Air, the parent firm of Continental and bankrupt
Eastern.