DOJ Approves Delta/NWA Merger

[moose135]

http://www.reuters.com/article/rbssIndu ... 6720081029

DOJ approves merger of Delta, Northwest Airlines

WASHINGTON, Oct 29 (Reuters) - U.S. antitrust authorities approved Delta Air Lines Inc's purchase of Northwest Airlines Corp on Wednesday in a deal worth about $2.6 billion. The merger would create the world's biggest airline by passenger traffic. The U.S. Justice Department approval ends the U.S. regulatory review. The department said the deal, in its view, is likely to benefit consumers and and unlikely to "substantially lessen competition."

[kc2aqg]

I for one am extremely excited about this merger, especially as a DL FF. Should open some interesting doors. I think it will also be extremely interesting to see how this merger is executed vs. other mergers of our time.

[T-Bird76]

Let the layoffs, city cuts, service reductions, and over all cut in choice begin! :borat: :borat:

[Delta777LR]

No offence to NWA lovers but Im very happy for Delta. But yes Im gonna miss NWA though

[moose135]

Get out and shoot those NWA DC-9s while you can!

[kc2aqg]

Soon they'll be Delta DC-9's! I think they'll paint at least one in the new DL scheme, probably a DC-9-50.