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Aircraft Purchase Commitments
Our purchase commitments for additional aircraft at December 31, 2012 are detailed in the following table:
Aircraft Options
Our options to purchase additional aircraft at December 31, 2012 are detailed in the following table:
Ground Facilities
We lease most of the land and buildings that we occupy. Our largest aircraft maintenance base, various computer, cargo, flight kitchen and
training facilities and most of our principal offices are located at or near the Atlanta airport, on land leased from the City of Atlanta. We own our
Atlanta reservations center, other real property in Atlanta and the former Northwest headquarters building and flight training buildings, which are
located near the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Other owned facilities include reservations centers in Minot, North Dakota and
Chisholm, Minnesota and a data processing center in Eagan, Minnesota. We also own property in Tokyo, including a 1.3-acre site in downtown
Tokyo and a 33-acre land parcel, 512-room hotel and flight kitchen located near Tokyo's Narita International Airport.
We lease ticket counter and other terminal space, operating areas and air cargo facilities in most of the airports that we serve. At most airports, we
have entered into use agreements which provide for the non-exclusive use of runways, taxiways and other improvements and facilities; landing fees
under these agreements normally are based on the number of landings and weight of aircraft. These leases and use agreements generally run for
periods of less than one year to 30 years or more, and often contain provisions for periodic adjustments of lease rates, landing fees and other charges
applicable under that type of agreement. We also lease aircraft maintenance facilities and air cargo facilities at certain airports, including, among
others: (1) our main Atlanta maintenance base; (2) our Atlanta air cargo facilities; and (3) our hangar and air cargo facilities at the
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport, Salt Lake City International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan International Airport, Minneapolis-
St.
Paul International Airport and Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. Our aircraft maintenance facility leases generally require us to pay the cost of
providing, operating and maintaining such facilities, including, in some cases, amounts necessary to pay debt service on special facility bonds issued
to finance their construction. We also lease marketing, ticketing and reservations offices in certain locations for varying terms.
In recent years, some airports have increased or sought to increase the rates charged to airlines to levels that we believe are unreasonable. The
extent to which such charges are limited by statute or regulation and the ability of airlines to contest such charges has been subject to litigation and to
administrative proceedings before the DOT. If the limitations on such charges are relaxed, or the ability of airlines to challenge such proposed rate
increases is restricted, the rates charged by airports to airlines may increase substantially.
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Delivery in Calendar Years Ending
Aircraft Purchase Commitments 2013 2014 2015 After 2015 Total
B-737-900ER 12 19 19 50 100
B-787-8 — — — 18 18
MD-90 4 — — — 4
CRJ-900 28 28 — — 56
Total 44 47 19 68 178
Delivery in Calendar Years Ending
Aircraft Options 2013 2014 2015 After 2015 Total
B-737-900ER — 5 6 19 30
B-767-300ER — — 1 2 3
B-767-400ER — 1 2 3 6
B-777-200LR — 2 4 4 10
CRJ-900 — — 24 6 30
Embraer 175 — 4 18 14 36
Total — 12 55 48 115