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And it will take time, there is a lot at stake here. But will it all go smoothly, this gigantic merger was approved quickly? It rolled out it's new management team, just days after the Delta takeover of Northwest airlines was approved.

If any, all small businesses who depend on either carrier of most of their revenue might get a smaller slice. Along with the jobs they provided, they may be closed. Will see less business, like snack bars or stores, some airport facilities. More empty gates will bring less revenue to airports at a time when they need more, as the carriers combine gates at every airport they share. It could take a year or two before the two airlines are entirely merged.

It may be the Northwest employees who will get laid off, as the loser in this merger. And will they have to take a pay cut, ? Which opposed the merger, how long will it take to integrate all the Northwest pilots? Will be the first to be repainted in Delta colors, the largest airplane in the Northwest fleet, a Boeing 747.

Which had a big cutback by USAirways, this is welcome news in Pittsburgh. Delta announced new service from both Pittsburgh and Raleigh-Durham to Paris, in a surprise move. Delta's western hub in Salt Lake is probably safe. The Northwest hub in Detroit competes with Delta's in Cincinnati for eastern traffic. The Northwest Memphis hub has always competed with Delta's fortress hub in Atlanta for southern traffic. Will they be downsized or shut down. What will happen with overlapping hubs?

The turbulence will continue. About halfway between the Northwest hubs of Detroit and Minneapolis, air Tran has been increasing service in Milwaukee. That might change, and JetBlue had been kept out of Atlanta. Charging much lower fares than Northwest, has already announced it will start Chicago Midway to Minneapolis service in March of 2009, which has a long history of moving in when others cut back or move out, southwest airlines. But it may be the discount airlines who benefit, fares will probably go up where Delta now has a monopoly.