of our investment in a money market fund that was liquidated in an orderly manner in 2010 and $100 million of proceeds from the sale of flight equipment.  

     Cash provided by investing activities totaled $1.6 billion for 2008, primarily reflecting the inclusion of $2.4 billion in cash and cash equivalents from Northwest in the Merger and $609 million in restricted cash and cash equivalents, primarily related to $500 million of cash from a Northwest borrowing that was released from escrow. These inflows were partially offset by investments of $1.3 billion for flight equipment and $241 million for ground property and equipment.  

Cash Flows From Financing Activities  

     Cash used in financing activities totaled $2.5 billion for 2010, reflecting the repayment of $3.7 billion in long-term debt and capital lease obligations, including the repayment of $914 million of our Exit Revolving Facility. Cash used in financing activities was partially offset by $1.1 billion in proceeds from aircraft financing, including the 2009-1 EETC, 2010-1A EETC and 2010-2A EETC.  

     Cash used in financing activities totaled $19 million for 2009, primarily reflecting $3.0 billion in proceeds from long-term debt and aircraft financing, largely associated with the issuance of (1) $2.1 billion under three new financings, which included (a) $750 million of senior secured credit facilities, (b) $750 million of senior secured notes, and (c) $600 million of senior second lien notes, (2) $342 million from the 2009-1 EETC offering and (3) $150 million of tax exempt bonds, mostly offset by the repayment of $2.9 billion in long-term debt and capital lease obligations, including the Northwest senior secured exit financing facility and the Revolving Facility.  

     Cash provided by financing activities totaled $1.7 billion for 2008, primarily reflecting (1) $1.0 billion in borrowings under a revolving credit facility, (2) $1.0 billion received under the American Express Agreement for an advance purchase of SkyMiles and (3) $1.0 billion from aircraft financing. Cash provided by financing activities was partially offset by the repayment of $1.6 billion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations.  

Contractual Obligations  

     The following table summarizes our contractual obligations at December 31, 2010 that we expect will be paid in cash. The table does not include amounts that are contingent on events or other factors that are uncertain or unknown at this time, including legal contingencies, uncertain tax positions, and amounts payable under collective bargaining arrangements, among others. In addition, the table does not include expected significant cash payments which are generally ordinary course of business obligations that do not include contractual commitments.  

     The amounts presented are based on various estimates, including estimates regarding the timing of payments, prevailing interest rates, volumes purchased, the occurrence of certain events and other factors. Accordingly, the actual results may vary materially from the amounts presented in the table.  

     During 2010, the following significant events impacted our contractual