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The Boeing Co.When its Flight 370 vanished in early March, Malaysia Airline System very likely knew that it was in for some rough times. The mystery of the plane’s disappearance adds drama to an...
Southwest Airlines has decided to return even more capital back to its shareholders. The discount airline's board of directors has approved a higher dividend and a new share repurchase program.
A new subsidiary of China's Juneyao Airlines has placed an order for 50 of Boeing's 737 and 737 MAX aircraft. The total value of the order at list prices is at between $3.8 billion and $5.5 billion.
The results of the new J.D. Power Airline Satisfaction Survey were not a surprise. The two winners have been at the top of their categories for several years: Alaska Airlines and JetBlue Airways.
ThinkstockAirline stocks are having another very good year so far in 2014, after a better-than-solid 2013. Since the beginning of the year, airline stocks are up about 30%, and there does not appear...
Boeing worked hard to wring every last mileage inch out of a drop of aviation fuel. Now it is teaming up with Embraer to open a research center in Brazil to work on a sustainable biofuel for the...
Airplane Wi-Fi provider Gogo reported better-than-expected first-quarter 2014 results before markets opened Monday morning. Shares were up more than 8% in premarket trading.
Wikimedia Commons (Stuart Seeger)Frequent travelers are frequently frustrated by their inability to book a reward seat because the flight they want to take has no more reward seats available — if...
courtesy of American AirlinesInvestors like the airlines. First-quarter results, for the most part, were strong, and the stocks are mostly higher for the year. All are up quite a bit from lows seen...
ThinkstockAs an industry, airlines received the fourth-worst score in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) rankings of customer satisfaction. Only pay TV, social media companies and...
ThinkstockA recent study of the U.S. airlines industry reviewed and analyzed customer complaints against the major U.S. carriers for the five-year period from 2009 to 2013. The study concluded that...
The analysts at Jefferies point out that corporate travel was up in March, and that could bode well for the top companies and the economy. Here are some of the airlines stocks rated Outperform at...
Southwest Airlines trumpeted its record $228 million contribution to its profit sharing plan. The payment will be an 88% increase over last year's contribution, as well as the 40th consecutive...
ThinkstockWhich is the worst of the American airlines based on consumer complaints? A new reports says Spirit Airlines Inc. (NASDAQ: SAVE). The U.S. PIRG Education Fund released its “The...
When there are only two companies that make a very expensive product, any time there's a chance to take a big order, well, it is a very big deal. Boeing and Airbus have been given just such a chance.