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Scott Kirby

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
185 total appearances

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Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

JetBlue is trying to turn the corner.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

Much of the industry's

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

had challenges, but they have the right strategy, the right vision, and we have a lot of hope for them in the future, and we appreciate the partnership with them.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

You know, we have come in pretty hot to start the year.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

I think that's indicative of an underlying economy that has more underlying strength, I think, than most appreciate.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

We saw that all through last year, see it continuing into this year.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

And people getting back to travel, I'm sure that applies in other industries as well.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

We're not sure if it'll last for the whole year.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

I think our base case probably is that it will.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

We haven't built that into our guidance.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

We've been more conservative in our guidance.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

But if it continues like this, it's going to be a really good year for United Airlines.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

You know, the rising tide is lifting all of those boats.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

So everything is better across the board, but the best remains international, remains premium, remains business travel.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

And, you know, speaking to international, about 80% of the customers on United Airlines international flights are U.S.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

citizens.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

And we really never saw much slowdown there, even though we did see some, you know, some

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

slow down from some parts of geography.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

Those mostly bottomed out and have started to recover.

Bloomberg Talks
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby Talks Business and Geopolitics

But really, we see the most strength in international and premium, but everything is getting better across the board, at least in the first few weeks of January as we come into the new year.