With Delta Air Line's integration of the merged Northwest Airlines just about completed, Delta says it is looking to $2 billon in run-rate synergies by the end of 2011.
On the tech front, to recap, Delta completed the migration of flights and ticketing from Northwest PARS to Deltamatic at the end of January 2010.
There is now a single revenue management system for the merged airlines.
The two carriers' frequent flyer programs have been integrated.
Delta says it achieved some $200 million in synergy benefits from the merger in the first quarter of 2010, and had about $46 million in merger-related expenses.
For the first quarter, which Delta reported April 20, Delta narrowed its loss -- excluding one-time items -- to $192 million, down from $501 million a year earlier.
The airline forecasts that it will have $6 billion in free cash flow over the next three years to strengthen its balance sheet.
There are a few integration tasks which haven't been completed yet.
Delta still must finish the rebranding of the Northwest regional fleet, and it has yet to resolve some flight attendant and airport worker union-representation issues.
Meanwhile, in other airline news, if the merged Delta-Northwest airlines now have a single revenue-management system, JetBlue founder David Neeleman, who now heads Azul Linhas Aereas Brasileiras, is making some revenue-management moves, too.
The Brazilian low-cost carrier contracted with Revenue Management Systems to provide the airline with revenue management, inventory control and reporting systems.
Azul will use airRM to control pricing and analyze performance, all with the aim of maximizing passenger revenue, the companies say.