NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Delta Air Lines announced a long-speculated deal to acquire Northwest Airlines for about $3.1 billion Monday, a combination that will create the world's largest airline ...

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines Inc. and Northwest Airlines Corp., squeezed by record high fuel prices and a slowing economy, are combining in a stock-swap deal that would create the world's biggest ...

Two of Northwest's largest unions immediately declared their opposition. Most importantly, the airlines -- both of which use Gerald R. Ford International Airport -- will need antitrust approval ...

Northwest Airlines Corp.’s mechanics walked off the job Friday night in the first major U.S. airline strike in seven years, but the nation’s fourth-largest carrier vowed to keep flying its ...

Travel & Outdoors Northwest Airlines cutting jobs and adding fees to 'free' tickets Published: Jul. 10, 2008, 12:43 p.m. By Nancy Burke ...

NEW YORK - Bankrupt Northwest Airlines Corp. advised workers to fish in the trash for things they like or take their dates for a walk in the woods in a move to help workers facing the ax to save ...

Paul Clement, a former U.S. solicitor general representing Northwest, agreed that it would be foolish for airlines to abuse their most lucrative customers. But airlines must be free to deal with ...

As Northwest Airlines, Inc., the company became a major international carrier before financial troubles forced its merger with Delta Air Lines, Inc. in 2008. Minnesota entrepreneur Colonel Lewis ...

Northwest Airlines is the last of the top five U.S. carriers to shed billions of dollars of debt and exit bankruptcy. To get back into the black, Northwest had to slash pay and benefits for its ...

NEW YORK — After 20 months of a wrenching reorganization, Northwest Airlines got approval Friday to emerge from bankruptcy protection into an industry besieged by higher fuel costs and crowded ...

ATLANTA — Delta Air Lines has reached an agreement with Northwest Airlines to take over Northwest and create the world’s biggest carrier. The boards of both companies gave the deal the go ...