American Airlines CEO Robert Isom rejects a merger with United Airlines, describing such a deal as anti-competitive and negative for customers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
He also emphasizes that American will continue to compete vigorously in Chicago, where the company shares the market with United, Reuters reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At the same time, Isom is open to the idea that growth should instead occur through partnerships, and points in particular to the possibility of deeper collaboration with Alaska Airlines as a more attractive path forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201dWe will be roommates, but we will not get married,\u201d he said of the relationship with United, while signaling that American is open to strategic partnerships with other airlines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
By 6:30 p.m., American Airlines had risen about 5 percent in New York. At the same time, Alaska Airlines was up 4.5 percent and United Airlines was up 1 percent, in an otherwise down market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Source: Dagens Industri<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Flygbolaget American Airlines vd Robert Isom avvisar en sammanslagning med United Airlines och beskriver en s\u00e5dan aff\u00e4r som konkurrensh\u00e4mmande och negativ f\u00f6r kunderna. Han betonar samtidigt att American kommer att forts\u00e4tta konkurrera kraftfullt i Chicago, d\u00e4r bolaget delar marknad med United. Det rapporterar Reuters. Samtidigt \u00f6ppnar Isom\u00a0f\u00f6r att tillv\u00e4xt i st\u00e4llet ska ske genom partnerskap, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":303416,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[2876,414,7344,195,212,7352,117,155],"class_list":["post-303415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-flyg","tag-alaska","tag-american-airlines","tag-american-airlines-vd-robert-isom","tag-tag-flyg","tag-flygbolag-travelguiden","tag-flygjatte-sager-nej-till-united-oppnar-for-alaska","tag-resa","tag-turism"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n