Merger in the Air

  • Steenland: Employees won't be forgotten in a merger
    Northwest Airlines CEO Doug Steenland is once again assuring employees that they won't be forgotten in any possible merger with Delta Air Lines.February 12, 2008
  • Top political leaders discuss potential Northwest merger
    Minnesota political leaders are trying to protect Twin Cities jobs and air service if Northwest Airlines merges with another carrier.February 8, 2008
  • Person close to Delta, NWA talks says airlines closer to deal
    Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines are inching closer to a combination that would create the nation's largest carrier.February 7, 2008
  • Airline delays in 2007 were second worst ever
    Domestic airline delays in 2007 were the second worst on record, with more than 26 percent of flights late.February 5, 2008
  • Regulators approve Midwest Air sale; Northwest has stake
    Antitrust regulators have approved the sale of Midwest Air Group Inc. to private equity firm TPG Capital. Northwest Airlines is a minority investor in the deal, but says it will have no control over Midwest's management.January 31, 2008
  • NWA posts narrower 4th-quarter loss, beats estimates
    Northwest Airlines Corp. posted a narrower fourth-quarter loss Tuesday, beating Wall Street's forecasts despite higher fuel costs. For the three months through December, the carrier reported a loss of $8 million, or 3 cents per share.January 29, 2008
  • Travelers generally sanguine about merger
    Northwest Airlines' 1986 merger with Republic Airlines was fraught with labor unrest and service snafus. But travelers do not seem too upset about the prospect of the Eagan-based carrier merging again.January 23, 2008
  • A Delta-Northwest merger: The view from Atlanta
    There's hope in Georgia, home state of Delta Air Lines, that Atlanta could become the headquarters for a potential merger with either of the reported suitors, United Airlines or Northwest Airlines.January 23, 2008
  • MSP airport financially insulated from merger
    The Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport won't fall to pieces, even if Northwest Airlines were to ditch the hub through a merger.January 22, 2008
  • Pawlenty asks to speak with CEOs of NWA and Delta
    Gov. Tim Pawlenty said on Thursday he wants to speak with the CEOs of Delta and Northwest airlines to talk about the possibility that they might merge.January 17, 2008
  • Unions prep for possible NWA merger
    Speculation is mounting about Eagan-based Northwest Airlines merging with Delta Air Lines. Such pairings are nothing new in the airline business, but history shows that it is critical to get airline unions on board to avoid possibly extreme turbulence.January 17, 2008
  • Rep. Oberstar wants to ground NWA merger
    U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, DFL-Minn., says he is strongly opposed to airline industry consolidation. Oberstar is the chair of the House Transportation Committee and says his objections extend to a possible merger between Northwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines.January 16, 2008
  • How might antitrust regulators view a NWA merger?
    Airline analysts have largely agreed that now is the time for a Delta/Northwest or Delta/United merger.January 15, 2008
  • Northwest merger rumors are flying
    The head of Delta Airlines reportedly plans to seek permission from its board Friday to begin merger talks with both Northwest Airlines and United Airlines. A Wall Street Journal article cites unnamed sources close to the matter, saying Atlanta-based Delta would then choose between the two carriers.January 10, 2008
  • Not just another jumbo jet
    Airbus had its flagship A380 jumbo jet in the Twin Cites Tuesday. Airbus is trying to convince Northwest and other U.S. carriers to add the $320 million jet to their fleets.November 26, 2007
Merger in the Air photo by Michael Carter

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