http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/04/15/whats-your-vector-victor/ Behind the deals and deal-makers Sun, 7 Sep 2008 22:39:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/04/15/whats-your-vector-victor/#comment-333793 NewsVisual Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:51:51 +0000 http://blogs.reuters.com/reuters-dealzone/2008/04/15/whats-your-vector-victor/#comment-333793 In the immediate aftermath of the merger deal between Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corporation, speculation in the business-news media began to build that the next major carriers to merge would be UAL Corp’s United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. These two airlines “reportedly have been in talks for months," Reuters said in an online article on Tuesday. "Continental said on Tuesday that it would review strategic alternatives. But pilots of both companies said they would not back a merger unless they approved of the terms," Reuters added. However, as proved to be the case with Delta and Northwest, the personal connections between the Directors at United and Continental could be the key factor that determines the viability of a deal. In the immediate aftermath of the merger deal between Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corporation, speculation in the business-news media began to build that the next major carriers to merge would be UAL Corp’s United Airlines and Continental Airlines Inc. These two airlines “reportedly have been in talks for months,” Reuters said in an online article on Tuesday. “Continental said on Tuesday that it would review strategic alternatives. But pilots of both companies said they would not back a merger unless they approved of the terms,” Reuters added. However, as proved to be the case with Delta and Northwest, the personal connections between the Directors at United and Continental could be the key factor that determines the viability of a deal.

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