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Scott Kirby's Interview with The Air Show

United's CEO met with me and Jon Ostrower this week in Dubai, and had some harsh words for Boeing and ultra-low-cost carriers.

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Dear readers,

United CEO Scott Kirby predicted that U.S. ultra-low-cost carriers are “going out of business” because their models no longer work. He said this during an interview this week in Dubai for The Air Show, my weekly podcast about the business of the sky with Jon Ostrower, and Brett Snyder.

“It's a fundamentally flawed business model,” Kirby told…

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