Delta wants merger talks with UAL, Northwest: report
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Delta Air Lines Inc  plans on Friday to ask its board for permission to begin formal merger talks with both Northwest Airlines Corp  and United Airlines parent UAL Corp , the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
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NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA  - United Airlines parent UAL Corp. and Continental Airlines Inc. are in preliminary talks about a merger that would create the largest airline in the world, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
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Delta Air Lines Inc. is looking for a partner, but it isn't United Airlines. The third-largest US carrier said yesterday that it had had no discussions with Chicago-based United about a merger that would create the nation's largest carrier, dismissing a report that the talks had been ongoing for some time.
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The prospect of imminent airline industry consolidation faded on Tuesday as US Airways Group  reported no headway in its bid to take over bankrupt rival Delta Air Lines .
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US Airways Group Inc.  said on Thursday it made a presentation to the management of bankrupt Delta Air Lines Inc.  and its creditor committee on its $8.5 billion offer to buy Delta.
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Nextel Communications Inc. and Sprint Corp. are negotiating a possible merger, according to a source familiar with the discussions.
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The chief executive of Delta Air Lines told a U.S. senator on Tuesday there is no merger agreement yet with Northwest Airlines, but the two sides are continuing to work toward a deal.
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Antitrust regulators could prevent halt Delta's merger talkes with UAL and Northwest
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The board of Delta Air Lines Inc.   met by conference call to discuss US Airways Group  Inc.'s  $8.5 billion hostile bid, but the directors are  not expected to issue a formal position on the offer for  several days, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site  on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Northwest Airlines has entered into formal merger discussions with Delta Air Lines and will look for another partner if Delta tries to merge with United Airlines instead
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An impasse among pilot negotiators over blending seniority lists put a $20 billion deal to combine Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines in "serious jeopardy" as the boards of the two companies prepared to meet Wednesday, two people close to talks told The Associated Press. According to the report, the pilots unions have agreed on a [...].
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The pilots of Northwest Airlines Corp   said on Thursday they would support a Northwest merger  with another carrier but, in return, want a stake in the  combined airline.
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Nextel Communications and Sprint are negotiating a possible merger, according to a source familiar with the discussions. It was not clear how far the talks had progressed, and
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A potential merger between US Airways  Group  and Delta Air Lines  would force the  combined airline to shed some overlapping services, but the  sale of assets could open the door to low-cost competitors and  spark a new fare war.
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Delta Air Lines Inc.  said  on Thursday it listened to a presentation by US Airways Group  Inc.  concerning US Airways' $8.5 billion takeover offer  for Delta, but repeated earlier statements that it intends to  emerge from bankruptcy as a stand-alone carrier.
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Delta Air Lines Inc.'s pilots union on  Tuesday directed its negotiators to work out an agreement to  address the early retirement of a large number of pilots, which  threatens to push the No. 3 U.S. airline into a Chapter 11  bankruptcy filing.
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Leaders of the union that represents  pilots at Delta Air Lines  and Northwest Airlines   have reached a deal to integrate the two work groups if  the airlines merge, the Detroit News reported on Tuesday.