“I would be lying if I didn’t admit sadness that our wonderful airline is merging with another,” wrote Sir Richard Branson shortly after Virgin America’s takeover by Alaska Airlines was announced on Monday. In a thought-provoking post on the Virgin Group’s blog, he fairly bares his soul as few CEOs do, over both the merger and the future prospects for the U.S. airline industry.
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