Delta, Air France unfurl blueprint for their open-skies partnership.

The article reports on the plan of Delta and SkyTeam partner Air France to pool transatlantic routes, revenue and costs beginning next spring under a newly forged joint venture. It is stated that the joint venture will put both carriers into the U.S.-London Heathrow market. The joint venture was formed three months after the Transportation Department approved expanded antitrust immunity for Delta and Air France.