Atlanta aircraft maintenance facilty to be closed by Northwest

MINNEAPOLIS - Northwest Airlines says it will close its Atlanta aircraft maintenance and engine facility, and its reservations center in Long Beach, California. <br> <br> Currently, Northwest performs the majority of its DC-9 maintenance at Atlanta. <br> <br> The airline says most of the 1,450 employees in Atlanta will be eligible to transfer to other Northwest facilities. <br> <br> Long Beach is one of seven reservations call centers the airline operates in the United States. Northwest says about 250 Long Beach reservationists also will be eligible to transfer to the airline&#39;s other reservations centers. <br> <br> In addition, Northwest will close city ticket offices in Manhattan, at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, and in San Jose, California. <br> <br> Northwest says as a result of the closings, about 100 management positions will be eliminated in Atlanta and Long Beach.

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