The airlines, with a revenue of $35 billion and about 80,000 employees worldwide, expect that the merger would make them more competitive globally.
Expecting the next merger to be between the United Airlines and the Continental, the groundwork for which has been laid, Industry analysts warn that the consumers might have to pay higher prices for travel as the competition dwindles and discount airlines are put out of business.
The merger of the United and the Continental would create a further larger airlines.
Image: Delta Airlines customers check bags with a sky cap at the Delta ticket counter April 14, 2008 at San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California. | Photograph: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
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