Northwest Airlines said Tuesday that it planned to eliminate more planes from its fleet, including Boeing, Airbus and McDonnell Douglas jets, by the e...
AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 04.24.2008 | Business
ATLANTA — Delta and Northwest, seeking to combine to create the world's largest airline, posted losses Wednesday totaling $10.5 billion for the ...
ABC News | Rick Seaney | Posted 04.16.2008 | Business
"Creating America's premier global airline" -- that's the announcement of the Delta-Northwest nuptials, from Delta's Web site. No, I didn't get all s...
The Uptake | Posted 04.15.2008 | Home
"Northwest and Delta are talking about merging. It would be the largest airline company in the world. But what about jobs? It's just one more way for a couple of rich guys to get richer."
Chicago Tribune | Julie Johnsson | Posted 03.19.2008 | Business
Airline mergers may be off the table, for now, but a major industry reordering is still under way as United, Delta and Northwest Airlines contemplate ...
AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 03.17.2008 | Business
ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines' pilots union has told company executives it can't agree on seniority issues with its counterpart at Northwest Airline...
AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 02.20.2008 | Business
ATLANTA — Northwest Airlines Corp. pilots have integration issues to sort out. Not just the ones with their counterparts at Delta Air Lines Inc....
AP | HARRY R. WEBER | Posted 02.06.2008 | Business
ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines are inching closer to a combination that would create the nation's largest carrier, and if a de...
AP | STEVE KARNOWSKI | Posted 01.12.2008 | Business
The chief executive of Northwest Airlines says his carrier could benefit from a merger -- if it's the right deal. As the Delta Air Lines Inc. board m...
New York Times | Jeff Bailey | Posted 01.10.2008 | Business
The miserably full flights of 2007 might seem like a good reason for airlines to roll out a few more planes and ease the crowding. But passengers sho...
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New York Times | Micheline Maynard | Posted 06.17.2008 | Business