Delta Builds a Global Alliance With Air France

  • China Eastern will also invest in Europe’s biggest airline
  • French carrier to acquire Virgin Atlantic holding from Branson

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Delta Air Lines Inc., China Eastern Airlines Corp. and Air France-KLM Group are reaching for their checkbooks to forge a deeper global alliance.

The U.S. and Chinese carriers will each buy a 10 percent holding in Europe’s biggest airline. At the same time, Air France-KLM will take a 31 percent stake in the U.K.’s Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd., in which Delta is a major investor.