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Apr 28, 2003 | 6:10 am

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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by IndustrialPatent:

Detroit replaced Minneapolis/St. Paul as the airline’s world headquarters and largest hub; hubs were also maintained and further developed at Memphis and Minneapolis/St. Paul; [This message has been edited by IndustrialPatent (edited 04-28-2003).]</font>

Just one correction...Detroit was the first hq's for a precursor of NWA however that was in the 20's...neither Republic nor NWA have made Detroit their HQ's (I believe Republic was hq's in Minneapolis while NWA was a cross town rival in St. Paul)