Originally Posted by
EWR764
Being the world's largest airline is meaningless, and this merger was never about market share or the greatest number of ASMs in the world. From the first discussions of a CO/UA tieup, to the announcement, to the closing day, to 3/3, to this very moment, the merger has been about cost cutting, reducing competition and leveraging the combined network and efficiencies achieved to drive higher yields.
This.
The point of all 3 mega-mergers is to decrease competition and capacity and increase yields. AA will cut routes too and decrease capacity once the merger goes through.
The mergers have nothing to do with being the biggest or whatever.