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Northwest Airlines� officials along with business, tourism and government leaders from Minnesota today gather at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport for the launch of new nonstop air service connecting MSP with Paris, France and 38 destinations beyond in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Video and sound bites are available via satellite. Satellite Feed Information: Start Time: � 1700 ET (5:00 p.m. ET/4:00 p.m. CT) End Time: 1730 ET (5:30 p.m. ET/4:30 p.m. CT) Satellite: Galaxy 11/Ku Transponder 19 Slot 3 Downlink Frequency: 12077 H Data: 5.5 Symbol: 3.9787 FEC: 3/4 Encoding: 4:2:0 Video includes pictures of a replica of the Spirit of St. Louis airplane flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first ever non-stop flight from the U.S. to Paris, France; the A330-300, newly named the Spirit of Lindbergh in honor of Lindbergh�s historic flight and his ties to Minnesota; inaugural celebration with children from the L�Etoile Du Nord French Immersion School in St. Paul singing songs in French; and ribbon cutting. Sound bites, in order of appearance on video: Capt. Gary Peterson, Northwest Chief Pilot, Minneapolis Douglas M. Steenland, Northwest Airlines President and CEO Neal Cohen, Northwest Airlines Executive Vice President-Strategy, International�and Chief�Executive Officer-Regional Airlines Lars Lindbergh, Grandson of Lars Lindbergh Northwest Airlines is one of the world�s largest airlines with hubs at Detroit, Minneapolis/ St. Paul, Memphis, Tokyo and Amsterdam, and approximately 1,400 daily departures. Northwest is a member of SkyTeam, an airline alliance that offers customers one of the world�s most extensive global networks. Northwest and its travel partners serve more than 1,000 cities in excess of 160 countries on six continents.