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- NWA pilots meet to discuss merger possibility
Leaders of the Northwest Airlines pilots union gather today for a day-long meeting where they will discuss the increasing likelihood Northwest Airlines will merger with Delta Air Lines.April 13, 2008 - Delta gaining support for merger from its pilots
Delta Air Lines appears to be close to winning support from its pilots' union for a merger with Northwest Airlines. That could mean the airlines may announce a merger early next week.April 11, 2008 - Delta pilots close to new deal clearing way for NWA merger
Delta Air Lines appears to be close to getting its pilots' support for a merger with Northwest Airlines.April 10, 2008 - NWA and Delta permitted to coordinate international flights
The U.S. Transportation Department has tentatively granted Northwest and Delta airlines permission to coordinate their international flights.April 10, 2008 - NWA launches maiden Twin Cities-Paris flight
Northwest Airlines' maiden nonstop service flight between the Twin Cites and Paris takes off today at 3:30 p.m.April 8, 2008 - Lindbergh legacy on NWA's first nonstop flight to Paris
Northwest Airlines launched nonstop service between the Twin Cities and Paris Tuesday afternoon. On board was Lars Lindbergh, grandson of Charles Lindbergh, who made the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight in history.April 8, 2008 - Northwest to cut flights by 5 percent in September
Eagan-based Northwest Airlines is taking several new actions to deal with soaring fuel costs and a sinking economy.April 3, 2008 - NWA interested in reviving merger talks
Northwest Airlines is apparently interested in reviving merger talks with Delta Airlines.March 28, 2008 - Airfares may not join oil in soaring to the heavens
Some airfare increases of $10, $20 and $50 seem to be sticking. But patient air travelers should still be able to land good deals on airfares.March 24, 2008 - NWA pilots' union leaders haven't given up merger hopes
Union leaders said arbitration could settle a dispute about seniority lists, but their Delta counterpart has apparently already rejected that option.March 19, 2008 - Delta offering severance payouts to trim staff by 2,000
Delta Air Lines says it will offer voluntary severance payouts to roughly 30,000 employees - more than half its workforce - and cut domestic capacity by an extra 5 percent this year as part of an overhaul of its business plan to deal with soaring fuel prices.March 18, 2008 - Delta pilots tell company no deal with Northwest
It's looking more like a long-expected merger of Northwest and Delta airlines may never get off the ground. The union for Delta's pilots is saying it sees little prospect for finding a way to combine pilot seniority lists for the two airlines. And that may be a deal breaker for the merger.March 17, 2008 - Northwest CEO: 'Our passengers will have to pay more.'
Northwest Airlines has matched a major fare increase by Continental and United, and signaled that belt-tightening measures are on the way, too, because of record high oil prices.March 17, 2008 - Delta revising its business plan
The move is intended to counter the impact of skyrocketing fuel costs.March 17, 2008 - Can the pilots kill off industry consolidation?
Can Northwest and Delta pilots kill industry consolidation if they fail to reach agreement on combining seniority lists?March 6, 2008
Merger in the Air photo by Michael Carter
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