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The global airline industry is no where close to recovery according to the head of its largest trade association. “Oil prices are high, although moderating somewhat from recent peaks. The European...
The airline industry was looking like it was all set for recovery just last week.  Despite the economic softness, three different analysts were talking up the sector.  It turns out that at least...
Oil had a really dismal May, losing roughly 17% and hitting under $87.00 per barrel for WTI Crude on Thursday. While this may not be good for oil barons, the airline industry is getting a virtual...
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today released traffic data for April showing that total passenger demand rose 6.1% year-over-year, with international traffic up 7.4% and domestic...
Oil is tanking behind Europe, commodity inventories are up, and refineries are running at very high historic levels.  And guess what, airplanes are full, fares are up, carriers are passing on...
Airlines as a group had their best on time arrival performance in the first quarter since the Transportation Department began to collect data in 1995. The news was particularly good for customers of...
Is the economy so weak that the summer and rest of 2012 will be punishing on the airline industry?  Apparently not.  Have you been to an airport and flown lately?  Chances are high that if you...
A deal that first made it into public view less than a month ago has now been completed. Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL), through its wholly-owned Monroe Energy LLC subsidiary, has acquired the...
Markets are lifted by Fed comments that the economy is recovering and that it will keep rates low. (Reuters) Chrysler posts its best earnings since being partially taken over by Fiat. (Reuters)...
Markets opened higher this morning, led by the Nasdaq which got a big boost from the strong report last night from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). The report from the US Census Bureau on durable goods...
Two of the US’s largest airlines reported earnings today, Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) and US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC), and both showed a profit thanks to mark-to-market gains on fuel...
AMRFollowing several years of financial losses and industry under performance quarter-after-quarter; last November 29th, American Airlines (NYSE: AAR) joined the long list of previously bankrupt...
BRICs want more of a say in the International Monetary Fund before they make their next contributions. (Reuters) French president Nicolas Sarkozy almost certainly will be voted out of office, raising...
Apartment vacancy rates reach a 10-year low, according to Reis. (Reuters) Tom Glocer, the departing head of Thomson Reuters (NYSE: TRI), makes $20 million. (Reuters) China’s premier, Wen Jiabao,...
The unemployment rate of the eurozone reached 10.8% in February, up from 10.0% a year ago according to EuroStat. Unlike the in United States, the trend is in the wrong direction. The lowest rates...