DELTA-UNITED DEAL HITS TURBULENCE.Byline: Dan Sewell Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. A planned strategic alliance between United Airlines, the biggest U.S. carrier, and No. 3 Delta Air Lines went into a holding pattern Friday within hours of the official announcement. ``We were very close,'' said Delta spokesman Bill Berry This article refers to the drummer. For other people named Bill Berry, see Bill Berry (disambiguation). William "Bill" Thomas Berry (born July 31, 1958) was the drummer in alternative rock band R.E.M. for 17 years, before retiring from the group and becoming a farmer. . ``We just simply don't have an agreement. Until every party is in agreement, there can't be an agreement.'' He declined to elaborate. An apparent snag was concern about the proposed deal by unionized pilots. But a spokesman for Delta's pilots union said it would be ``a mischaracterization'' to say it opposed the alliance. ``There certainly is room for talks on this,'' said Andy Deane, a spokesman for the Air Line Pilots Association group at Atlanta-based Delta. ``It's not lost on us that the industry is in a consolidation mode.'' Three months ago, Delta's bid to merge with Continental Airlines fell through when Continental opted to form an alliance with Northwest Airlines. On Thursday, rivals American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the and US Airways airways Anatomy The 'pipes'–trachea, bronchi, bronchioles–through which air passes to and from the alveoli. See Small airways. announced a partnership. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color) no caption (Delta airplane airplane, aeroplane, or aircraft, heavier-than-air vehicle, mechanically driven and fitted with fixed wings that support it in flight through the dynamic action of the air. ) (2--Color) no caption (United airplane) |
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