United Airlines drops merger pursuit with American, CEO Kirby details why ^82.7%

Fox Business - By Eric Revell - 4/27/2026, 8:04 PM

Optimism Bias 44.8% - Self-Serving Bias 22.2% - Appeal to Emotion 17.9%

United Airlines 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. United CEO Scott Kirby said in a statement published on Monday that he approached American Airlines about a potential merger because he "thought we could do... more