Article: United Airlines CEO urges US to consider airline mergers.(Glenn Tilton)(Brief Article)

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United Airlines' CEO Glenn Tilton has said that US airlines must follow the European Union model of merging to revive the struggling industry.

Citing the successful merger of Air France and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Tilton said that taxes and fees in the US make the merger of airlines more complicated. The CEO added that merging airlines is the only way to address the excess capacity in the US ...

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