Ryan Hite<p>The Big 3 U.S. airlines—United, American, and Delta—offer nearly identical services.<br>They’re carving up the skies in one of the clearest examples of an oligopoly you’ll see. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Aviation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BusinessStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BusinessStrategy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Delta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Delta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AmericanAirlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanAirlines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UnitedAirlines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedAirlines</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oligopoly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligopoly</span></a> <a href="https://www.ryanjhite.com/2025/05/01/inside-the-skies-how-americas-three-biggest-airlines-secretly-carved-the-country-apart/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ryanjhite.com/2025/05/01/insid</span><span class="invisible">e-the-skies-how-americas-three-biggest-airlines-secretly-carved-the-country-apart/</span></a></p>