About this episode
The episode discusses the potential mergers between larger and smaller U.S. airlines and the implications of such moves.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said recently that the administration would like to see one of the larger airlines buy one of the smaller ones. At around the same time, Bloomberg reported that United talked about buying American. Jon Ostrower, Brian Sumers and Brett Snyder discuss how real any of this is, and what it would look like if any of the U.S. airlines merged.
People in this episode
Guests: Jon Ostrower, Brian Sumers, Brett Snyder
Topics covered
- mergers
- airlines
- aviation news
- business strategy
- transportation
Keywords
- mergers
- airlines
- United
- American
- Sean Duffy
- aviation
- business
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: United, American
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