Shareholders of United Airlines and Continental Airlines approved the stock-swap merger that will create the world's largest airline. For background on airlines and mergers, check out these materials:

Airlines

From worst to first [electronic resource] : behind the scenes of Continental's remarkable comeback by Gordon Bethune with Scott Huler

The Airline industry by edited by William M. Leary

When the airlines went to war by Robert J. Serling

Turbulent skies : the history of commercial aviation by T.A. Heppenheimer

Mergers

Deals of the century : Wall Street, mergers, and the making of modern America by Charles R. Geisst

The biggest game of all : the inside strategies, tactics, and temperaments that make great dealmakers great by Leo Hindery, Jr. ; with Leslie Cauley

Mergers and acquisitions [electronic resource] by J. Fred Weston and Samuel C. Weaver

The human side of M & A [electronic resource] : how CEOs leverage the most important asset in deal making by Dennis C. Carey and Dayton Ogden