Business Services Industry
Delta-Continental Rumors Spur Further Talk of Airline Consolidation.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, January, 2001 by Goldberg, Laura
Jan. 19--Northwest Airlines, which must bless any deal for another carrier to buy Houston-based Continental, doesn't want Delta to merge with Continental.
Asked if Northwest is interested in letting Delta Air Lines make a run for Continental Airlines and what Northwest would want in return, Doug Steenland, Northwest's chief corporate officer and an executive vice president, simply said, "We're not interested in that."
Steenland, talking to reporters during a conference call Thursday, made his comments as consumers and industry watchers wait to see if Northwest, Continental and Delta take action in response to planned mergers involving other airlines.
Delta is considered a potential suitor for Continental, Houston's largest employer.
...
Most Recent Business Articles
- Multiple criteria evaluation and optimization of transportation systems
- Multi-criteria analysis procedure for sustainable mobility evaluation in urban areas
- A two-leveled multi-objective symbiotic evolutionary algorithm for the hub and spoke location problem
- Multi-criteria analysis for evaluating the impacts of intelligent speed adaptation
- The development of Taiwan arterial traffic-adaptive signal control system and its field test: a Taiwan experience
Most Recent Business Publications
Most Popular Business Articles
- 7 tips for effective listening: productive listening does not occur naturally. It requires hard work and practice - Back To Basics - effective listening is a crucial skill for internal auditors
- FAS 109: a primer for non-accountants - Financial Accounting Standards Board's "Statement 109: Accounting for Income Taxes"
- Design a commission plan that drives sales - Sales Commissions
- Too Young to Rent a Car? - 25-years-old the minimum age for car renting - Brief Article
- LIFO vs. FIFO: a return to the basics
