Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Mesaba Airlines, operates as a Northwest Jet Airlink and Northwest Airlink partner under service agreements with Northwest Airlines. Currently, Mesaba Aviation serves 109 cities in 28 states and Canada from Northwest's and Mesaba Aviation's three major hubs: Detroit , Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Memphis . Mesaba Aviation operates an advanced fleet of 104 regional jet and jet-prop aircraft, consisting of the 69 passenger Avro RJ85 and the 30-34 passenger Saab SF340.