United and CAL ready to go if DL/NWA announced....article

[General Lee]

Reuters
Continental and United ready if others merge: sources
Monday April 14, 6:28 pm ET
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines (NYSE:CAL - News) and United Airlines (NasdaqGS:UAUA - News) have laid most of the groundwork for a merger, two people briefed on the matter said, and could have a deal ready "pretty quickly" if Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines announce a tie-up, one of them said.

Continental, which has said it would prefer to be independent unless the competitive landscape changes, plans to get back to the negotiating table with United if a merger between between Delta (NYSE:DAL - News) and Northwest (NYSE:NWA - News) is announced, both sources said.
Both the people requested not to be identified because of the confidential nature of the talks.
A Delta-Northwest merger proposal is expected to be announced late Monday or Tuesday.
(Reporting by Jui Chakravorty; Editing by Tim Dobbyn)


Bye Bye--General Lee

 

[IAHERJ]

Wow!!! That is a real surprise! I can not believe these two are talking......

 

[SuperFLUF]

Deja Vu

It seems like I've heard all this before.............

DAL & NWA boards meeting, announcment expected tomorrow, CAL & UAL talking, pilots certain to agree on a seniority integration............

Except it was colder outside then.

Would it be too much to expect the same outcome?

 

[johnsonrod]

I feel sorry for the CAL guys out there. UAL is like the fat, ugly chick at the prom that nobody wants to dance with...

I guess the combo makes sense from a hub/route-structure standpoint - but CAL will be providing all of the growth going forward because UAL has ZERO growth prospects with no airplanes on order.

 

[pilotgolfer]

I feel sorry for the CAL guys out there. UAL is like the fat, ugly chick at the prom that nobody wants to dance with...


Do the fat ugly ones end up being the ones screwed or is it the other way around?

 

[contrail67]

I feel sorry for the CAL guys out there. UAL is like the fat, ugly chick at the prom that nobody wants to dance with...

I guess the combo makes sense from a hub/route-structure standpoint - but CAL will be providing all of the growth going forward because UAL has ZERO growth prospects with no airplanes on order.

Did you get turned down or something?

 

[HalinTexas]

I feel sorry for the CAL guys out there. UAL is like the fat, ugly chick at the prom that nobody wants to dance with...

I guess the combo makes sense from a hub/route-structure standpoint - but CAL will be providing all of the growth going forward because UAL has ZERO growth prospects with no airplanes on order.

Does she swallow?

Did I say that? With my outside voice?

Sorry to offend, but the straight line was too good to pass up.

Beer goggles makes everyone pretty.

"In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria!" -Ben Franklin

 

[HalinTexas]

I'll never find a job, now.