{"id":255019,"date":"2026-04-18T00:59:06","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/255019\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T00:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T00:59:06","slug":"fort-worth-based-american-airlines-issues-statement-rebuffing-rumors-of-possible-merger-with-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/255019\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth-based American Airlines issues statement rebuffing rumors of possible merger with United"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;American Airlines is not engaged with or interested in any discussions regarding a merger with United Airlines,&#8221; the Fort Worth-based airline said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>FORT WORTH, Texas \u2014 American Airlines issued a statement Friday rebuffing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfaa.com\/article\/news\/community\/transportation\/united-airlines-ceo-reportedly-pitches-merger-with-american-airlines-to-trump\/287-5a106c8e-6318-46d6-8f16-5b90b9b1c7ab\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">rumors of a merger\u00a0<\/a>pitched between the Fort Worth-based company and United Airlines.<\/p>\n<p>According to our content partners at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/dallas\/news\/2026\/04\/14\/united-american-airlines-potential-merger-trump.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Dallas Business Journal<\/a>, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby reportedly raised the idea with President Donald Trump. Anonymous sources told Bloomberg Kirby brought up the idea with Trump during a meeting in February, discussing plans to revamp Washington Dulles International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>However, American Airlines made it clear they have no plans for a merger.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;American Airlines is not engaged with or interested in any discussions regarding a merger with United Airlines,&#8221; the statement reads. &#8220;While changes in the broader airline marketplace may be necessary, a combination with United would be negative for competition and for consumers, and therefore inconsistent with our understanding of the Administration\u2019s philosophy toward the industry and principles of antitrust law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The statement goes on to say the airline will continue to stay focused on executing its strategic objectives and positioning itself to win in the long term.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We appreciate the leadership and strong support of President Trump, Secretary Duffy and numerous other leaders in the Administration who have demonstrated expertise and an ongoing commitment to continue to improve the world\u2019s best aviation industry,&#8221; the statement adds. &#8220;We look forward to continuing to work collaboratively with the Administration as it takes steps to strengthen the broader airline industry.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8220;American Airlines is not engaged with or interested in any discussions regarding a merger with United Airlines,&#8221; the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":255020,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-255019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255019","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=255019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/255019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/255020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=255019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=255019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=255019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}