Emirates Looks to Become World’s Largest Airline With Potential Takeover of Etihad
Skift Take
An Emirates-Etihad merger makes a lot of sense. Emirates may not be as strong as it once was, but it's still a well-run global airline that strikes fear into established competitors. Eithad, however, is in rough shape. It could use a makeover.
Emirates is seriously considering taking over Etihad Airways to create what would be the world's largest airline measured by passengers carried, Bloomberg reported Thursday.
For commericial reasons, a move would make sense. The two airlines have hubs in the United Arab Emirates a little more than an hour apart by car, and would be well served to combine much of their operations at one airport to increase efficiency.
Moreover, while Dubai-ba
