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Transportation Articles

Now that the last orders for Airbus’s A-380 jumbo jet cargo version have been canceled, there is a school of thought that the big European airframe company can spend more time and effort on the...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We’ll save our usual “why big jets are unnecessary” comments for those who want to click through to read them. Germany Puts Freight A380 on Ice:...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Small Cap Watch List member Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (PNCL) reported earnings: Pinnacle Airlines Corp. (NASDAQ: PNCL) (”Pinnacle” or the “Company”)...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat To be honest we didn’t even know they had one, but Airbus parent EADS has sold its small stake in Brazilian regional jet maker Embraer (ERJ)..:: Aero-News...
British Airways (BAB) decided on the Boeing 777 (BA) over the Airbus A330 to continue building its fleet of long-haul planes. Another set-back for the European airframe manufacturer that has been...
Boeing has rewarded investors handsomely as it has been rival Airbus nearly to death. The 777 Dreamliner and the new 747-8 have picked up orders that Airbus needed for products like is super-jumbo...
From The Stock Masters JetBlue Airlines (JBLU) has been all over the news lately. Today marked day six of a continuing scheduling nightmare at Kennedy Airport that began after a Valentine’s day...
JetBlue’s (JBLU) stock has already dropped 20% from mid-January, but it may drop a lot further. The airline has billed itself as the customer friendly airline, but after leaving boatloads of...
(AMR) AMR, the parent of American Airlines, has its shares up as much as 9% pre-market after Business Week noted it could be acquired in their "Inside Wall Street" for $46 to $52 by a Goldman Sachs...
From Ticker Sense Many of you have probably read about the disastrous time passengers had on many JetBlue flights coming in and out of the Northeast in the past couple of days.  After twiddling his...
Today Southwest Air (LUV-NYSE) has raised its prices by up to $10.00 each way.  Sure the other airlines either have (or will have) followed the fare hike, but this further goes to show that...
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Small-cap Watch List member Pinnacle Airlines (PNCL) issued its January traffic data: During January, Pinnacle transported 690,559 Customers, 5.6% more than...
From AAOl Weblog Last Friday, Mark Olson the PCAOB’s chairman, delivered a speech at the Tax Council Policy Institute’s 8th Annual Tax Policy & Practice Symposium in Washington, D.C. Plenty...
On STOP TRADING on CNBC today, Cramer said the FED is actually listening to the guidance conference calls of the major companies and seeing the slowdown.  The tape is not lying, and these guys that...
US Airways (LCC-NYSE) has formally withdrawn its offer to acquire Delta Air Lines Inc. (DALRQ-NASDAQ/OTC). The Unsecured Creditors’ Committee would not meet its demands by the airline’s...