United Airlines CEO Shuts Down Talk of a JetBlue Merger

United CEO Scott Kirby has experience with airline mergers, and knows they come with a lot of hassles.

United Airlines is not interested in acquiring JetBlue, CEO Scott Kirby said Thursday.

“I’m reluctant to do a merger,” Kirby said at the WSJ Future of Everything event. “There’s other ways to do it.”

He pointed to his experience with past mergers, and said that they are difficult, particularly integrating technology and cultures. Kirby was at America West Airlines when it merged with US