United Airlines’ CEO Scott Kirby says his dream of merging with American Airlines is dead for now because American is not a “willing partner.” But when it comes to JetBlue, Kirby made clear he would like United to get closer.
The American Airlines merger idea is dead, at least for now. Kirby told Quest that a deal of that size could only happen with a “willing partner” and United does not have one.
We saw last month that American Airlines CEO Robert Isom and his team slammed the door shut to such a merger. Kirby may still believe a United-American tie-up would have created what he called the “best airline in history,” but American publicly rejected the idea and called it anti-competitive.
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