Air France-KLM could back Delta's merger bid: report
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Air France-KLM  could provide  strategic or financial help in Delta Air Line Inc's   pursuit of a merger with another airline, The Wall Street  Journal reported on Thursday.
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CHICAGO - Air France and Delta Air Lines Inc. will jointly operate trans-Atlantic flights, sharing $8 billion in revenue and adding services at Heathrow Airport in London to challenge British Airways and American Airlines.
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Air France KLM , under pressure  from Rome to commit to a merger with Alitalia, announced  exploratory talks with the ailing carrier on Thursday but  reaffirmed conditions for a deal.
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Air France KLM  has said it is looking at the possibility of a tie-up with Spanish airline Iberia , which is already a takeover target.
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Merger talks between United Airlines  and Continental Airlines Inc  have picked up pace, but a deal still hinges on the outcome of discussions between Delta Air Lines  and Northwest Airlines Corp , people briefed on the situation said on Friday.
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Air France KLM , under pressure from Rome to commit to a merger with Alitalia, announced exploratory talks with the ailing carrier on Thursday but reaffirmed conditions for a deal.
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French-Dutch airline Air France KLM  is planning to team up with two Spanish firms to bid for Spain's Iberia  against a group led by private equity group TPG, Expansion newspaper said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK - Recent reports on the Delta Air Lines pilots&#39; agreement focus on the carrier&#39;s pilots being the highest paid in the industry and on the possibility that the company may still declare bankruptcy, despite the $1 billion cost-cutting deal
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Delta Air Lines Inc., struggling to avoid bankruptcy, has hired an international marketing firm to help reshape its image. Terms of the deal between Atlanta-based Delta and New York-based Ogilvy &amp; Mather Worldwide were not disclosed Wednesday.
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U.S. airline stocks rallied on Tuesday on falling oil prices and a Wall Street Journal report that Delta Air Lines Inc  was in merger talks with Northwest Airlines Corp  and United Airlines parent UAL Corp .
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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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Air France-KLM, the world's largest airline by revenues, came a step closer Friday to controlling the near-bankrupt Alitalia after the Italian government said it could begin exclusive takeover talks.
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Delta Air Lines Inc  has  started merger talks with Northwest Airlines Corp  and  United Airlines parent UAL Corp , and hopes to reach an  agreement with one of them over the next two weeks, The Wall  Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Delta Air Lines Inc  plans on  Friday to ask its board 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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Delta Air Lines Inc. could file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as soon as next week, a source familiar with the matter said yesterday.
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Delta Air Lines Inc  has started merger talks with Northwest Airlines Corp  and United Airlines parent UAL Corp , and hopes to reach an agreement with one of them over the next two weeks, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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MILAN, Nov. 23 Â Air France-KLM, EuropeÂs biggest airline, said today that it had begun talks that could eventually lead to the takeover of Alitalia, the Italian carrier.