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By Robert Herbst, Airlinefinancials.com   Last year, Delta (DAL), American (AMR), United (UAUA), and US Airways (LCC) collectively operated 85 billion less domestic seat miles than they did 6 years...
Updated throughout the trading day… Google Inc. (GOOG)… The European Commission has asked Google to comment on allegations by rivals it demotes their sites in its search rankings. This is partof...
One of the top three international airline carriers, Deutsche Lufthansa, just announced a four-day strike. British Airways appears set to announce the results of a strike ballot in early March and...
These are this Thursday’s top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research calls: AOL Inc. (NYSE: AOL) Raised to Neutral at Merriman Curhan Ford. Apple...
The latest short interest numbers were released last night after the close. Overall, short positions dropped into the year end.  However, there are still many stocks in short squeezes due to...
Customers, employees, shareholders, and taxpayers hate large corporations for many reasons. 24/7 Wall St. has looked at many of these issues to choose the 15 most hated companies in America. We...
Lower oil prices and a resurgent economy should help the airlines post improved results in 2010, but that expectation is hardly true. The industry lost $11 billion in 2010. The International Air...
The rumor that US Air (NYSE:LCC) and American (NYSE:AMR) may merge is not so far-fetched today, or that Southwest (NYSE:LUV) might take over JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU). British Air and Iberia, the flag...
Updated throughout the day. Update 2.52 PM EST:  The antitrust disagreement  between Intel (NASDAQ:INTC) and AMD (NYSE:AMD) may be resolved by a private settlement  (MarketWatch) Updated 12.23 PM...
Reuters:   House Democrats unveiled their healthcare bill. Reuters:   Senators may extend home purchase credits until April. Reuters:   China will launch a case against The Big Three auto...
If you are often in major airports, it is frankly hard to see how the airline carriers still have pressure compared to six to twelve months ago.  The airports and planes are full to the point that...
Southwest Air (NYSE:LUV) once again proved why it is the most admired carrier in America. Over 83% of its flights arrived on time in August, the latest month measured by US Department of...
Try to balance the conventional wisdom about airline stocks. Audit Integrity has AMR (AMR) and Continental (CAL) on its list of large American companies most likely to go bankrupt. UBS upgraded...
By Robert Herbst of AirlineFinancials.com American Airlines (AMR) recent announcement made one thing very clear.   –Sorry St Louis, it’s nothing personal it’s just business!–   It doesn’t...
The global airline industry, still staggering from huge losses and bankruptcies late last year caused by oil prices that moved over $140 a barrel, is not doing much better in 2009. Low passenger...