Memphis, have no fear of a Delta-Northwest merger

I’ll be blogging more on the “merger mania” going on in the aviation observers’ world, but I wanted to draw attention to an article in my hometown paper, the Commercial Appeal of Memphis, about how airport officials are worried that a combined Delta-Northwest would drop Memphis as a hub. Delta-Northwest’s smallest hub would be in Memphis, and a combined airline would really only need Atlanta as a hub city. Almost a year ago, I wrote an op-ed for the CA in which I argued that losing the Northwest hub wouldn’t be the end of the world for Memphis. In fact, it might be very beneficial. My op-ed is archived here.

Future of Memphis airport at heart of Northwest merger discussions [Commercial Appeal, via Today in the Sky]