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AP - Delta and Northwest could announce a combination as early as Tuesday that would create the world's biggest airline, but pilot contract issues still loomed and there was no guarantee the deal would move ahead, three people familiar with the talks said Sunday.

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The companies' boards wanted to meet this week to approve a deal, but a disagreement over which pilots will get seniority prevented them from taking action, The Wall Street Journal reports.

Delta and Northwest are talking about merging, but they must wait for their pilots to hammer out a deal on union seniority should they merge into one union.

The lack of agreement is delaying the airlines' plans to present a proposal for a merger that, if approved, would create the biggest airline in the world.