Delta: not talking merger with United

Delta Air Lines' CEO Richard Anderson told a congressional committee Thursday that he hasn’t spoken to officials with United Air Lines in at least four years. That answer came as a response to questions on whether the two airlines were talking merger. Anderson said no merger discussions are ongoing between Atlanta-based Delta and Chicago-based United, and none are planned. Anderson was in Washington to speak at the House subcommittee on aviation. A government proposal wants to cut the number of flights at New York’s JFK airport. Delta’s Anderson says that would threaten the airline’s ongoing bankruptcy recovery.