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United Airlines<\/u> on Monday announced that it’s ending its pursuit of a potential merger with American Airlines after its rival rebuffed an initial approach to discuss a deal.<\/p>\n

United CEO Scott Kirby said in a statement published on Monday that he approached American Airlines<\/u> about a potential merger because he “thought we could do something incredible for our customers together.”<\/p>\n

“I was confident that this combination, which would have been about adding and not subtracting, creating a truly great airline that customers love, could get regulatory approval,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“I was hoping to pitch that story to American, but they declined to engage and instead responded by publicly closing the door. And without a willing partner, something this big simply can’t get done,” Kirby said.<\/p>\n

AMERICAN AIRLINES CEO SAYS MERGER WITH UNITED WOULD BE ‘BAD FOR CUSTOMERS’<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

American CEO Robert Isom<\/u> on Thursday said the airline wasn’t interested in a potential merger with United, saying it would be bad for all parties involved.<\/p>\n

“The idea of the two largest airlines in the world getting together, that is something that we’ve viewed as being anti-competitive and obviously everybody that has weighed in suggests the same thing,” Isom said. “Bad for customers, bad for the industry and ultimately, that would be bad for American Airlines.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Kirby acknowledged that “American’s public comments make it clear that a merger like this is off the table for the foreseeable future,” but said that his vision for a merger between United and American<\/u> involved using the scale of the combined airline to compete and lead around the globe.<\/p>\n

BIPARTISAN SENATORS PRESS UNITED AND AMERICAN CEOS ON REPORTED MERGER OF LEADING AIRLINES<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

He wrote that the combined airline would have had opportunities to grow internationally and with expanded service to smaller communities, noting that both of those goals “are mathematically enabled by having a larger network.”<\/p>\n

Kirby said that he thought a merger between United and American would have increased the total number of economy seats in the marketplace to give cost-conscious consumers<\/u> more affordable options and choice, while the scale would boost competitiveness for international flights.<\/p>\n

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He also thought the combined company would’ve “created tens of thousands of new high-paying, unionized jobs with great benefits which would have led to even more career growth opportunities for the 250,000 employees already at United and American,” and also supporting domestic aircraft manufacturing<\/u>.<\/p>\n

UNITED AIRLINES MERGER TALK PUTS SPOTLIGHT ON AMERICAN CEO’S FUTURE, EXPERTS SAY<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

Kirby said he understood the scale of the merger would attract skepticism because “previous mergers have been about saving struggling airlines, previous legal and regulatory reviews<\/u> have focused on subtraction and what’s being lost,” whereas he thought this merger proposal would be viewed as a “different proposition altogether.”<\/p>\n

Ticker<\/th>\nSecurity<\/th>\nLast<\/th>\nChange<\/th>\nChange %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
UAL<\/td>\nUNITED AIRLINES HOLDINGS INC.<\/td>\n91.90<\/td>\n-1.10<\/td>\n\n -1.18%\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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“While our pursuit of talks with American have ended, our mission to build the greatest airline in the history of aviation at United is well underway. We have a winning strategy, a culture of innovation and 115,000 of the best aviation professionals in the world working together to deliver for our customers,” Kirby wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“While the airline industry has always been dynamic and unpredictable (it’s one of the reasons that I love this business), United’s future is brighter than it’s ever been,” he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Ticker<\/th>\nSecurity<\/th>\nLast<\/th>\nChange<\/th>\nChange %<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
AAL<\/td>\nAMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP INC.<\/td>\n11.68<\/td>\n-0.42<\/td>\n\n -3.51%\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n