United CEO: Merger with American would have been ‘adding and not subtracting’

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby confirmed Monday that he approached rival American Airlines with a “big, bold vision” for a merger proposal in what would have been the largest U.S. airline tie-up in more than a decade. “I was hoping to pitch that story to American, but they declined to engage and instead responded by publicly closing the door,” Kirby wrote in an April 27 statement. “And without a willing partner, something this […] The post United CEO: Merger with American would have been ‘adding and not subtracting’ appeared first on The Air Current.