Exhibit 10.5
AMENDMENT TO
AIRLINE
OPERATING AGREEMENT AND TERMINAL BUILDING LEASE
MINNEAPOLIS-ST.
PAUL INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
This Amendment, effective the 29th day of
March, 2002, is between the Metropolitan Airports Commission (“MAC”), a
public corporation under the laws of the State of Minnesota, and
Northwest Airlines, Inc. (“Northwest Airlines” or
“AIRLINE”), a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of
Minnesota and authorized to do business in the State of
Minnesota.
WHEREAS, MAC and Northwest
Airlines entered into an Airline Operating Agreement and
Terminal Building Lease
(“Lease”) effective January 1,1999; and
WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend that Lease
to incorporate certain terms of an agreement reached and approved
by MAC on June 18, 2001.
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing, the parties agree to amend the
Lease as
follows:
1.
TERM
“Article ll-TERM”
is hereby replaced with the following language:
II.
TERM
The term of this Agreement
shall begin as of the effective date of this Agreement
and
end December 31, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as the
“Term”), and the rents, fees, and charges established
in this Agreement shall apply to said Term.
2.
GATES
a.
Article IV. H. 2. and
Article IV. H. 2. a. regarding SHORT TERM GATES are
hereby amended by
striking the clauses “presently not leasing a gate directly
form MAC or not currently providing air service to the
Airport.”
b.
Article XIII-SUPPLEMENTAL
AGREEMENTS” is hereby amended by adding the following
language:
F.
CONCOURSES A, B, C & D
1.
CONCOURSES
A, B & C
MAC agrees to lease all
gates currently under construction on Concourse C as of
June 18, 2001
(“Phase 2 Gates”) to Northwest Airlines. MAC agrees to
lease all gates on Concourses A and
B to Northwest Airlines. Northwest Airlines is obligated
to
accommodate other Airlines’ regional propeller aircraft
operations on Concourses
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