UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): December 1017, 2012 PINNACLE AIRLINES CORP. (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)	(Commission File Number)		(I. R. S. Employer Identification No.)
Delaware	001-31898		03-0376558
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)
40 South Main Street, Memphis, TN		38103
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code
(901)-348-4100
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Item 18.01 ~~Entry~~. Other ~~into a Material Definitive Agreement~~Events.

On December 1017, 2012, Pinnacle Airlines Corp., ~~debtor-in-possession~~announced ~~(the~~that ~~“Company”)~~its ~~and~~wholly-owned ~~Delta~~subsidiary, ~~Air~~Pinnacle ~~Lines~~Airlines, Inc. (“~~Delta~~Pinnacle”), had entered into a ~~Fourth~~tentative ~~Amendment~~agreement towith ~~Senior Secured Super-Priority Debtor-in-Possession Credit Agreement pursuant to which~~ the ~~Credit~~Air ~~Agreement~~Line ~~was~~Pilots ~~modified~~Association, ~~to extend~~ the ~~date~~union byrepresenting ~~which the Bankruptcy Court shall enter a final order granting the Section 1113 Motions or a final order approving a settlement regarding the modification of the Company~~Pinnacle’s ~~collective~~pilots. A ~~bargaining~~copy ~~agreements~~of ~~from December 13, 2012 (90 days following~~ the ~~date~~press ~~the~~release ~~Company’s~~is ~~Section~~attached ~~1113~~as ~~Motion~~Exhibit ~~was~~99.1 ~~filed)~~ to athis ~~date~~Current noReport ~~later~~on ~~than~~Form ~~January 17, 2013~~8-K.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

Exhibits:

Exhibit Number		Description

99.1		Press Release issued by Pinnacle Airlines Corp. dated December 17, 2012

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities ~~and~~ Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

PINNACLE AIRLINES CORP.

		PINNACLE AIRLINES CORP.
		(Registrant)

		By: /s/ Brian T. Hunt
		Brian T. Hunt
		Senior Vice President and General Counsel
December 18, 2012

(Registrant)

By: /s/ Brian T. Hunt

Brian T Hunt

Senior Vice President and General Counsel

December 14, 2012

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