Delta Air Lines is continuing to expand with a new merger with WestJet, the companies announced Wednesday.
On Wednesday, Delta Air Lines and WestJet announced a joint venture that would expand Delta’s footprint further into Canada. The company has recently been expanding on four different continents through joint ventures and buying minority stakes, so the Canadian expansion was just a matter of time. Once the deal is approved by regulators, the two companies will be able to share their revenue and profits.
Delta and WestJet have worked on a code-sharing agreement in the past. If this new deal is approved, it will be Delta’s eighth international airline partnership. So far the airline works together with Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic, Aeromexico, China Eastern Airlines, and Korean Air, among others.
Partnership consolidation is big business in the airline industry. Currently, around 88 percent of flights to Europe from North America are operated by American Airlines just announced its intention to buy a stake in China Southern Airlines.
“Most markets around the world have room for one or two major carriers,” Samuel Engel, aviation practice head at consulting firm ICF, told CNBC. “[Delta is] making sure that they’re not the loser in the game of musical chairs.”
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