CEO Scott Kirby Has Big Plans For United Airlines

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"United is a four-year-old startup embedded inside a 98-year-old airline.” United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby says. That “startup” launched on Feb. 29, 2020, when the coronavirus showed up in Italy. “I got on the phone with our CFO that day and said, ‘This is a global pandemic. Let’s go raise money.’”...

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