The phone call that would result in a merger creating the world’s largest airline came on UAL Corp. Chief Executive Officer Glenn Tilton’s 62nd birthday.
Continental Airlines Inc. CEO Jeff Smisek had read press reports that UAL Corp.’s United was in talks with US Airways Group Inc. He didn’t want to lose Houston-based Continental’s “best partner for the future,” he said Monday in an interview.
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