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Spirit Cancels More Flights As Strike Continues

Nick McMaster — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:22:00 CDT

Spirit Airlines canceled all flights scheduled for today and tomorrow as its pilots continue to strike, the Florida Sun-Sentinel reports. The job action is causing mass misery at the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, where Spirit handles 20% of flights and some 10,000 passengers a day. Being an ultra-discount carrier,...

Delta, Northwest Close to Merger After Revived Talks

Wesley Oliver — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:40:00 CDT

Delta and Northwest Airlines are readying a merger that could be announced as soon as Tuesday, reports the Wall Street Journal . But disputes over the deal’s financial terms and handling of pilot seniority threaten to scuttle the union. Negotiations between the two carriers broke down last week but were revived...

Delta Pilots Aboard for Merger

Peter Fearon — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 22:21:07 CDT

Delta Air Lines has reached a deal with its 7,000 pilots that is expected to allow a long-delayed merger with Northwest Airlines to take off, Bloomberg reports. The airlines plan to announce the merger next week, sources said. The new airline would carry the Delta name and jet past...