美联航首席执行官在美国航空拒绝后放弃合并计划

2026-05-28 12:43

United Airlines (UAL) CEO Scott Kirby stated Wednesday that the carrier has shelved any consolidation plans for the foreseeable future, following American Airlines' (AAL) recent rejection of his merger proposal.
Speaking at a Bernstein investor conference, Kirby said he had long believed that only the "big transaction" United tried to pursue made economic sense for the carrier, while other potential deals did not.
But he said that transaction required a willing partner, "which we clearly don't have." "So I don't think that United at least is going to participate in any ⁠consolidation for any time I can see in the foreseeable future," Kirby added.
United ( UAL) said in April that American ( AAL) had declined to engage after Kirby approached the rival carrier about a potential merger.
Kirby also pushed back on speculation ‌about JetBlue ⁠Airways (JBLU) on Wednesday , saying United would have to improve JetBlue's margin by about 25 percentage points to make a deal work, which he called "mathematically close to impossible."

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