United and Continental have merged and will be called United in a deal that will make them the largest airline in the world. Globally, the airline would have a 7% part of the airline market, and 20% domestic share. For consumers, this means higher airline prices and fewer routes. Over the course of the past [...]

On April 7th, British Airlines and Iberia inked a merger deal to become the world’s sixth largest airline in revenue. A day later, United Airlines and US Airways resumed talks that failed in 2000 and 2008. If these two were to merge, they would become the world’s 4th largest airline behind Lufthansa, Air France, and [...]