Antitrust   M&A   Airline Industry & Market Trends   Airlines   Delta Air Lines   United Airlines  
Skift • Meghna Maharishi

Report: United CEO Scott Kirby floated a Delta merger, targeting ~35% of U.S. domestic market—rejected amid antitrust hurdles

Multiple reports say United CEO Scott Kirby approached Delta CEO Ed Bastian with a potential mega-merger that would have combined the two carriers into an airline controlling roughly 35% of the U.S. domestic market. Talks did not progress beyond preliminary review and ultimately collapsed, reflecting major antitrust concerns.

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2026-07-26T14:15:14.362773-07:00
Leadership   Airlines  
Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

Disgraced Former Qantas Boss Alan Joyce Breaks Cover… He’s Trying to Flog His Memoir

By Paddle Your Own Kanoo: The disgraced former chief executive of Australian flag carrier Qantas, Alan Joyce, has broken his silence to defend his leadership of the airline, nearly three years after he was forced to resign by the board of directors due to a litany of mistakes made during the COVID-19 pandemic.

2026-07-26T12:05:50.609664-07:00
Middle East   777X   Aircraft Manufacturing (OEMs)   Airlines   Boeing  
FlightGlobal • David Kaminski-Morrow

Emirates’ Clark confident Boeing will explore larger 777X as he waits to see carrier’s first -9

By FlightGlobal: Dubai-based airline's rejection of early-build airframes leaves their fate unclear. Emirates president Tim Clark believes Boeing will be tempted to explore a larger variant of the Boeing 777X – provisionally described as a ‘777-10’ – based on performance data gathered from the prolonged development of the 777-9.

2026-07-26T02:20:48.506986-07:00