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Fitch Withdraws Underlying Rtgs on Pre-refunded Minn-St. Paul Metro Airports Comm, MN Airport Revs

Fri Nov 6, 2009 5:37pm EST
NEW YORK--(Business Wire)--
Fitch Ratings has withdrawn the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports
Commission, Minnesota airport revenue bonds: 

Fitch withdraws its 'AA-' long-term underlying rating for the following bonds
because the bonds have been pre-refunded: 

--Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission (MN) airport revenue
bonds (non-AMT) series 2000A; 

--Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission (MN) airport revenue
bonds (non-AMT) series 2001A. 

In addition, Fitch withdraws its 'A' long-term underlying rating for the
following bond because it has been pre-refunded: 

--Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission (MN) airport revenue
subordinate bonds (non-AMT) series 2001C. 

Fitch also withdraws its 'AA-' long-term underlying rating for the following
bond because the bond was never sold: 

--Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan Airports Commission (MN) airport revenue
bonds (AMT) series 2008B. 

For more information, please see the press release titled 'Fitch Rates
Minneapolis-St. Paul Metro Airports Commission $157MM Bonds 'AA-'; Outlook
Stable' dated Oct. 20, 2009 available on Fitch's web site at
www.fitchratings.com. 

Additional information is available at www.fitchratings.com. 

ALL FITCH CREDIT RATINGS ARE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS.
PLEASE READ THESE LIMITATIONS AND DISCLAIMERS BY FOLLOWING THIS LINK:
HTTP://FITCHRATINGS.COM/UNDERSTANDINGCREDITRATINGS. IN ADDITION, RATING
DEFINITIONS AND THE TERMS OF USE OF SUCH RATINGS ARE AVAILABLE ON THE AGENCY'S
PUBLIC WEBSITE WWW.FITCHRATINGS.COM. PUBLISHED RATINGS, CRITERIA AND
METHODOLOGIES ARE AVAILABLE FROM THIS SITE AT ALL TIMES. FITCH'S CODE OF
CONDUCT, CONFIDENTIALITY, CONFLICTS OF INTEREST, AFFILIATE FIREWALL, COMPLIANCE
AND OTHER RELEVANT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FROM THE 'CODE OF
CONDUCT' SECTION OF THIS SITE.

Fitch Ratings, New York
Seth Lehman, +1-212-908-0755
Vanessa Roy, +1-212-908-0508
or
Cindy Stoller, +1-212-908-0526 (Media Relations)
cindy.stoller@fitchratings.com



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