Skift Take
The way United's Rainey talks about unbundling and rebundling products for maximum revenue it seems like an exercise in razzmatazz rather than giving customers something of enhanced value.
Airline executives from United, American, and Southwest, who together with Delta command the overwhelming majority of U.S. passenger revenue, had quotable moments when they discussed the state of the industry at an investor conference in New York City.
Delta was not part of the panel May 19 at the Wolfe Research 8th Annual Global Transportation Conference but its rival in Seattle, Alaska Airlines, indeed joined United, American and Southwest.
United Continental Holdings CFO John Rainey
In discussing United's efforts to get more efficient by replacing 50-seat regional jets with 76-seat Embraer 175s and mainline aircraft, as well as taking other measures to improve the balance sheet, United Continenta
