Aug. 23 at 1:03 PM
CNBC rode with Kirby from the west side of Midtown Manhattan to United’s hub at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey earlier this month, where the 59-year-old executive outlined his vision for the carrier before his flight.
Kirby said he wants to expand United’s footprint at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport after his airline returns to the congested airport through a partnership with American’s former partner, JetBlue Airways
, as early as next year.
“We got a bunch of irons in the fire to try to find ways to do it,” he said, adding that United could at some point acquire slots from carriers that aren’t flying profitable routes out of the airport.
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