Delta passengers will have to pony up to anywhere from 19 to 99 dollars one-way for extra leg room. The airline announced its new ‘Economy Comfort’ seating by rearranging the first three to five rows of seats in the economy cabin. Passengers who buy into the plan also get priority boarding.

Delta plans to pay off what's left on a Metropolitan Airports Commission loan it inherited from Northwest Airlines. Once the loan is repaid, Delta will no longer be bound by a commitment to keep at least 10,000 jobs in Minnesota. The airline currently has 12,000 employees here.

Earlier this summer, Delta Air Lines announced plans to shut down its shrunken, 35-year-old regional carrier Comair by Sept. 29. Minnesota passengers won't notice the change much.

The Atlanta-based airline says the Twin Cities is a key part of its operations. Delta's senior vice president of Minnesota operations told the Star Tribune the airline is investing more than $3 million in new equipment at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. Delta already employs 12,000 people in Minnesota and plans to add 400 positions in June.

A new contract approved by Delta Air Line pilots Friday will prompt a major shift in the airline uses smaller jets. The deal will allow the Atlanta-based Delta -- which maintains a hub at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport -- to phase out 50-seat regional jets more quickly and fly more 76-seat jets.

A mechanical problem forced the pilot of a 95-passenger Delta Air Lines plane on its way from Minneapolis to Detroit to shut down an engine and land in Grand Rapids, Mich., on Monday afternoon, MLive reports. There were no reports of injury.