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Delta-Northwest Merger Close to Takeoff

Posted Feb 19, 08 6:27 AM CST in Business 

(Newser) – Directors at Delta and Northwest meeting tomorrow could announce a marriage of the two airlines by day’s end if a crucial deal with the airlines’ 11,000 unionized pilots can be reached, reports the Wall Street Journal. The resulting company would be the largest airline in the world, and would almost certainly face tough scrutiny from regulators.

Air Line Pilot Association negotiators are hammering out a “conceptual” plan to blend the two groups, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, addressing issues of seniority, equity, and pay. Pilots are Delta’s only unionized employees. The deal is expected to take the form of a share exchange at little or no premium. The resulting airline would keep the Delta name.

Sources Wall Street Journal, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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