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• Northwest Leads Airline Shares Higher on Oil Drop

  CHICAGO (Reuters) - Airline shares rocketed higher on Tuesday, led by Northwest Airlines NWA, on a sharp decline in the price of crude oil, which is directly linked to the price of jet fuel. Northwest stock gained 17.5 percent to $8.95 on the...

  News items 2008-04-29

  Tags: Northwest Airlines Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc., New York Stock Exchange, oil, Chicago, Porter five forces, bankruptcy, Thomson Reuters Corp., merger, stock

• American Airlines in Talks With Continental, US Air

  By Jui Chakravorty Das NEW YORK (Reuters) - American Airlines AMR has had early-stage merger talks with US Airways LCC and is in advanced talks for an alliance with Continental Airlines CAL, sources briefed on the situation said on Friday. News of the...

  News items 2008-04-25

  Tags: Aerospace & Defense, American Airlines, FAA, Delta Air Lines Inc., aircraft, directive, AMR Corp., audit, United Airlines, AMR Research, carrier, Washington, U.S. Congress, compliance, agency, consulting, Thomson Reuters Corp.

• Delta and Northwest Try to Reassure Congress on Merger

  By John Crawley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The chief executives of Delta Air Lines Inc DAL and Northwest Airlines Corp NWA sought to reassure Congress on Thursday that their planned merger would not hurt service, cut jobs, or blunt competition. Richard Anderson of Delta...

  News items 2008-04-24

  Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Delta Air Lines Inc., Northwest Airlines Corp., merger, antitrust, U.S. Congress, job, Washington, liquidity, Thomson Reuters Corp., cost savings, Bush Administration, CEO, industry, asset, worker, strategy, game, benefit

• Delta, Northwest Profit Hammered By Fuel and Charges

  By Kyle Peterson CHICAGO (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc DAL and Northwest Airlines NWA, set to merge to become the world's largest carrier, on Wednesday said record-high fuel costs slashed their overall valuation, leading to $10.5 billion in losses during...

  News items 2008-04-23

  Tags: Litigation, Investment, Northwest Airlines Corp., Delta Air Lines Inc., quarterly loss, bankruptcy, carrier, valuation, New York Stock Exchange, Chicago, revenue, aircraft, equity, Thomson Reuters Corp., benefit, industry, network

• Delta/Northwest Merger May Spark More

  Merging Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corp could send other carriers racing to help them claim the cost savings and global brand recognition needed to survive amid soaring fuel prices and a weak US economy.If the long-awaited consolidation wave were, in fact, at hand, the airlines most...

  News items 2008-04-16

  Tags: Merger, Continental Airlines Inc., Northwest Airlines Corp., UAL Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Investment, Finance

• Delta/Northwest May Spark More Airline Mergers

  By Kyle Peterson CHICAGO (Reuters UK) - The proposed merger of Delta Air Lines Inc DAL and Northwest Airlines Corp NWA is likely to spur other carriers to go after the cost savings and global brand recognition required to survive amid soaring fuel prices and...

  News items 2008-04-15

  Tags: Merger, Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., Northwest Airlines Corp., UAL Corp., Mergers & Acquisitions, Alaska Air Group Inc., AMR Corp.

• Delta/Northwest May Spark More Airline Mergers

  By Kyle Peterson CHICAGO (Reuters) - The proposed merger of Delta Air Lines Inc DAL and Northwest Airlines Corp NWA is likely to spur other carriers to go after the cost savings and global brand recognition required to survive amid soaring fuel prices...

  News items 2008-04-15

  Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Branding, Continental Airlines Inc., Delta Air Lines Inc., Northwest Airlines Corp., UAL Corp., United Airlines, merger, competitive position, brand recognition, consolidation, carrier, cost savings, Chicago, brand, Thomson Reuters Corp., industry

• NWA Makes Deal With Pilots to Decrease Flight Cancellations

  Northwest Airlines has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots, addressing the post-bankruptcy staffing issues that resulted in excessive flight cancellations and many unhappy customers. Effective August 1, the deal gives pilots time-and-a-half for monthly hours beyond 80 (which had recently been increased to 90) and rewards them with a...

  Blog posts 2007-08-02

  Tags: Litigation, Lori Deschene, Northwest Airlines Corp., Doug Steenland, flight cancellation, agreement

• BNET Daily Dispatch: Northwest, U.S. Employment, Motorola, and Wachovia

  Just a few days After Northwest Airlines' flight attendants approved pay and benefit cuts, the company exited bankruptcy protection today. Northwest's 20-month reorganization reduced debt by $4.2 billion and cut $400 million a year in fleet costs. The company plans to add mid-size regional planes to service regional...

  Blog posts 2007-05-31

  Tags: Workforce management, Litigation, Recruitment & Selection, Nicole Solis, Wachovia Corp., Motorola Inc., Northwest Airlines Corp.

• Evidence on Pricing From the Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines Code-Share Agreement

  Recent code-share agreements among major US airlines allow the partner airlines to sell seats on each other's flights across the US.1 Code-share agreements are common at hub airports and internationally, but the new domestic agreements have distinctive features. Namely, the partner airlines are major rivals in the US and, in...

  White papers 2005-03-01

  Tags: agreement, antitrust, pricing strategy

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• Delta's merger opposed

  WASHINGTON -- Flight attendants and mechanics told Congress on Wednesday that the planned merger of Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines could hurt consumers, communities and workers. But the carriers' chief executives insisted they must combine to compete effectively worldwide and deal with soaring fuel prices. ...

  Articles 2008-05-08

• Northwest Airlines to Announce New International Route

  Northwest Airlines (NYSE:NWA): [TABLE OMITTED] Note to media: Media representatives please RSVP to Jessica.Neu@nwa.com by 5:00 p.m. PDT Wednesday...

  Articles 2008-05-07

• Northwest Airlines releases April traffic statistics

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) has reported its traffic figures for the month of April 2008. The airline and its Northwest Airlink regional carriers flew a total of 6.59 billion consolidated revenue passenger miles RPMs and 7.96 billion consolidated available seat...

  Articles 2008-05-07

• NWA Cargo raises fuel surcharges

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD NWA Cargo, the cargo unit of Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA), has said that it will increase its fuel surcharge in certain markets with effect from 15 May 2008. The increase is subject to government approvals, where required. Northwest...

  Articles 2008-05-07

• Northwest Airlines Reports April Traffic

  EAGAN, Minn. -- Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) today announced an April consolidated mainline and regional load factor of 82.8 percent, 0.9 points below April 2007. Northwest reported a mainline load factor of 83.6 percent, 0.7 points below April 2007. In April 2008, Northwest and its Northwest Airlink regional...

  Articles 2008-05-06

• Featured Stocks on today's edition of The Analyst's Review: DAL, NWA, UAUA, JBLU, LUV

  NEW YORK, May 6 /PRNewswire/ -- The Analyst's Review is a daily video program hosted by WallSt.net editor, Henry Truc. The show is available at: http://tv.wallst.net/analyst-review/analyst-review.php. The Analyst's Review features informative interviews with Wall Street analysts on a wide range of topics including actively traded stocks, market...

  Articles 2008-05-06

• ExpressJet spurns SkyWest bid

  ExpressJet Holdings Inc., a U.S. commuter airline that also flies under its own brand, has rejected a takeover bid from SkyWest Inc. and says it may negotiate with other carriers. The $3.50-a-share cash offer "represents an opportunistic attempt by SkyWest to acquire the company at a price...

  Articles 2008-05-05

• Planes slow down to save fuel

  NEW YORK -- Drivers have long known that slowing down on the highway means getting more miles to the gallon. Now airlines are trying it, too -- adding a few minutes to flights to save millions on fuel. Southwest Airlines started flying slower about two months ago...

  Articles 2008-05-02

• Northwest Airlines to fly from Tokyo to Taipei, Taiwan

  AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION-C1997-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) is to resume flights between Tokyo, Japan and Taipei, Taiwan starting at the end of August. The new service will launch on 31 August with a daily nonstop flight from Tokyo's Narita International Airport to Taipei....

  Articles 2008-05-02

• NWA Cargo adds Customs Status function to CPS website

  INTERNET BUSINESS NEWS-C1995-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD NWA Cargo, part of Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA), has introduced a new feature on the Cargo Portal Services CPS booking engine for accessing various customs-related processes and information. The company said the Customs Status function allows customers to complete the...

  Articles 2008-05-01