{"id":30099,"date":"2023-07-01T09:35:27","date_gmt":"2023-07-01T13:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/investing\/united-airlines-ceo-apologizes-for-private-jet-flight-amid-cancellations\/"},"modified":"2023-07-01T09:35:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-01T13:35:28","slug":"united-airlines-ceo-apologizes-for-private-jet-flight-amid-cancellations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifintechworld.com\/?p=30099","title":{"rendered":"United Airlines CEO apologizes for private-jet flight amid cancellations"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"js-article__body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\" data-sbid=\"WP-MKTW-0002239201\" role=\"document\">\n<p>United Airlines Holdings Inc.<br \/>\n        UAL,<br \/>\n        <bg-quote field=\"percentchange\" format=\"0,000.00%\" channel=\"\/zigman2\/quotes\/205037281\/composite\" class=\"positive\">+2.14%<\/bg-quote><br \/>\n       Chief Executive Scott Kirby on Friday apologized for taking a flight on a private jet earlier in the week, while thousands of the airline\u2019s passengers were left stranded amid a wave of flight cancellations. \u201cTaking a private jet was the wrong decision because it was insensitive to our customers who were waiting to get home,\u201d Kirby said in a statement after flying from Teterboro Airport in New Jersey to Denver on Wednesday, according to the Wall Street Journal and other news outlets. \u201cI sincerely apologize to our customers and our team members who have been working around-the-clock for several days \u2014 often through severe weather \u2014 to take care of our customers.\u201d United told the Journal that the air carrier didn\u2019t pay for Kirby\u2019s flight, and that he took it after he couldn\u2019t get a seat on a commercial flight. Shares of United finished Friday up 2.1%. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketwatch.com\/story\/united-airlines-ceo-apologizes-for-private-jet-flight-amid-cancellations-d3358ade?mod=investing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>United Airlines Holdings Inc. 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