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Mergers Improve Competition

July 16, 2026 · 27 min

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The U.S. Government Accountability Office came out with a new report on airline competition and the challenges for lower-cost airlines. But Brett Snyder and guest host Courtney Miller, founder and managing director of Visual Approach, poke holes in why this report isn’t all that useful, even if it’s not a bad report itself.

Thank you to Points, a Plusgrade company and SkyGo for sponsoring this week's episode.

SHOW NOTES: GAO's report, "AIRLINE COMPETITION: Indicators Suggest
Increased Competition in the Past Two Decades, but Lower-Cost Airlines Face Challenges" - https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-26-107740.pdf

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