United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby floated the idea of a merger with American Airlines in a meeting with President Trump earlier this year, Reuters claimed.
“The CEO of United Airlines is privately pitching some kind of merger with American Airlines, including to members of the Trump administration,” Bloomberg correspondent Josh Wingrove wrote.
The CEO of United Airlines is privately pitching some kind of merger with American Airlines, including to members of the Trump administration, sources tell @sidyoutwit, @allyversprille and @srimtaylor:https://t.co/T4H5XtRo4f
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A combination of two of the largest U.S. network carriers would mark by far the most consequential consolidation since the last wave of big airline mergers ended more than a decade ago and further tighten a U.S. domestic market already dominated by four players of roughly equal size.
Including international flights, United and American were already the world’s two largest airlines by available capacity in 2025, according to OAG data, and
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