2026年4月20日 / 美国东部时间上午11:48 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
玛丽·坎宁安 报道
两名议员公开反对美国航空与联合航空可能达成的合并交易，称该交易将削弱行业竞争并损害消费者权益。
马萨诸塞州民主党参议员伊丽莎白·沃伦与犹他州共和党参议员迈克·李在4月19日致联合航空首席执行官斯科特·柯比和美国航空首席执行官罗伯特·伊索姆的信中表示：“如果联合航空与美国航空合并，各航空公司将面临更少来自竞争对手压低机票成本的压力，全行业航空公司甚至可能进一步提高票价和各项收费。”
沃伦办公室向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露的这封信，发布于柯比提出两家航空公司可能合并的想法不到一周之后。
两位参议员在信中写道，联合航空与美国航空合并还将“损害小型航空公司争夺关键登机口使用权的竞争力”，并会减少竞标航空公司员工劳动力的雇主数量，从而压低航空业工人的薪资。
在信中，沃伦和李还要求两家航空公司的首席执行官在5月3日前说明是否曾讨论过合并交易，并详细说明合并可能对美国消费者产生的影响。
联合航空拒绝就议员们的信件置评，而美国航空未立即回应置评请求。
据知情人士透露，柯比上周曾向特朗普政府官员提及联合航空与美国航空可能的合作计划。
但美国航空已否认了这一想法，在周五的一份声明中表示，公司“未参与也无意就与联合航空的合并进行任何讨论”。
美国航空补充称，合并将“对竞争和消费者不利”。
—— 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻记者克里斯·范·克利夫对本文亦有贡献
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United Airlines merger with American Airlines would hurt consumers, senators say
April 20, 2026 / 11:48 AM EDT / CBS News
By Mary Cunningham
Two lawmakers are speaking out against a potential merger between United Airlines and American Airlines, saying a deal would weaken industry competition and harm consumers.
“If United and American were to merge, airlines would face less pressure from rivals to keep the cost of flying down, and airlines across the industry could raise ticket prices and fees even higher,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat from Massachusetts, and Sen. Mike Lee, a Utah Republican, said in an April 19 letter to United CEO Scott Kirby and American CEO Robert Isom.
The letter, which Warren’s office shared with CBS News, comes less than a week after Kirby floated the idea of a possible merger between the two carriers.
Combining United and American would also “hurt smaller airlines’ ability to compete for critical gate access” and reduce wages for airline workers by reducing the number of employers bidding for their labor, the senators wrote.
In their letter, Warren and Lee also asked the two airlines’ chief executives to indicate by May 3 if they have discussed a deal and to detail how a merger could potentially affect American consumers.
United declined to comment on the lawmakers’ letter, while American did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Kirby brought up a potential United-American tie-up with Trump administration officials last week, according to sources familiar with the situation.
But American has dismissed the idea, saying in a statement on Friday that it is “not engaged with or interested in any discussions regarding a merger with United Airlines.”
A merger would be “negative for competition and for consumers,” American added.
— CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave contributed to this story
Edited by Alain Sherter
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