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): January 28, 2004


                             PINNACLE AIRLINES CORP.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


                       Commission File Number 001-31898

         Delaware                                               03-0376558
 (State or other jurisdiction                               (I. R. S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                           Identification No.)

1689 Nonconnah Blvd, Suite 111 Memphis, TN                        38132
 (Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)


               Registrant's telephone number, including area code
                                 (901) 348-41000

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Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

         (c)           Exhibits:

           Exhibit
            Number      Description
         -------------  ------------------------------------------------------

             99.1       Press release issued by Pinnacle Airlines Corp., dated
                        January 28, 2004

Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On  January  28,  2004,  Pinnacle  Airlines  Corp.  issued a press  release
announcing,  among other things,  its quarterly  earnings results for its fourth
quarter  and full  fiscal  year ended  December  31,  2003.  A copy of the press
release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.





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<PAGE>

                                    SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  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.
                                     (Registrant)

                                     By:  /s/ Curtis E. Sawyer
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Curtis E. Sawyer,
                                     Vice President and Chief Financial Officer



January 28, 2004







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<PAGE>

                                INDEX TO EXHIBITS


   Exhibit
    Number       Description
---------------  --------------------------------------------------------------

     99.1        Press release issued by Pinnacle Airlines Corp., dated
                 January 28, 2004





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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): January 28, 2004

                             PINNACLE AIRLINES CORP.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

                       Commission File Number 001-31898

         Delaware                                               03-0376558
 (State or other jurisdiction                               (I. R. S. Employer
of incorporation or organization)                           Identification No.)

1689 Nonconnah Blvd, Suite 111 Memphis, TN                        38132
 (Address of principal executive offices)                       (Zip Code)

               Registrant's telephone number, including area code
                                 (901) 348-41000
Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits.

         (c)           Exhibits:

           Exhibit
            Number      Description
         -------------  ------------------------------------------------------

             99.1       Press release issued by Pinnacle Airlines Corp., dated
                        January 28, 2004

Item 12.  Results of Operations and Financial Condition.

     On  January  28,  2004,  Pinnacle  Airlines  Corp.  issued a press  release
announcing,  among other things,  its quarterly  earnings results for its fourth
quarter  and full  fiscal  year ended  December  31,  2003.  A copy of the press
release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant  to the  requirements  of the  Securities  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.
                                     (Registrant)

                                     By:  /s/ Curtis E. Sawyer
                                     ------------------------------
                                     Curtis E. Sawyer,
                                     Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

January 28, 2004

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

   Exhibit
    Number       Description
---------------  --------------------------------------------------------------

     99.1        Press release issued by Pinnacle Airlines Corp., dated
                 January 28, 2004

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