Delta aims to start UAL, Northwest merge talks: report
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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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UAL Corp.'s United Airlines and Continental Airlines have held preliminary talks about a potential merger as consolidation in the airline industry heats up, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
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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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United Airlines is holding preliminary talks to merge with Continental Airlines.
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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.
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The chief of Delta Air Lines plans to ask the companyâs board for permission to enter into formal merger talks with both Northwest Airlines and United Airlines, a person close to Delta said.
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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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An expert says the agreement probably will make it easier to reach cost-cutting deals with the ailing carrierâs other unions. United Airlines is making headway in its efforts to trim labor costs by $725
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Delta Airlines has reached a tentative  agreement with its pilots union on wage and benefit cuts aimed  at avoiding a bankruptcy filing, The Wall Street Journal said  in a report late Wednesday on its Web site.
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Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) pilots, who have been negotiating a slew of employment issues with company management, have offered a new contract proposal
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Some bondholders of bankrupt airline  Delta Air Lines Inc.  have begun organizing an  informal group to support US Airways Group Inc.'s  $8.78  billion takeover offer, the Wall Street Journal reported on its  Web site on Wednesday.
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Travel to the City of Brotherly Love will soon turn into a three-way brawl. Delta Air Lines Inc. said yesterday it will begin offering four daily flights from Logan International Airport to Philadelphia International on Nov. 5, taking on a route that US Airways dominates and AirTran Airways has been fighting to crack.
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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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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 continue to work toward a deal.
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The pilots&#39; union for UAL&#39;s (otc: UALAQ - news - people ) United Airlines commenced a three-day-conference Monday. Representatives of the fliers are scrutinizing the bankrupt firm&#39;s proposal to further slash pay and benefits.
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Negotiators for Delta Air Lines and its pilots union shook hands on a tentative pay-cut agreement Wednesday night that could divert the ailing Atlanta carrier from its course toward bankruptcy court.
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A merger between Delta Air Lines Inc  and Northwest Airlines Corp  could be announced in the next few weeks as Northwest pilots review details of a proposed deal, people briefed on the situation said on Monday.