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AMRThe Airline Quality Report reached its 22nd anniversary when it was issued recently. Its rankings are based on an extremely complex system, but the outcome for 2011 was easily described: The...
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AMRAnother airline has filed Chapter 11. This time it is Pinnacle Airlines (NASDAQ: PNCL), a small U.S. carrier. The firm announced that it will continue to operate. Most airlines use the Chapter 11...
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Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) has confirmed that China Eastern Airlines Ltd. (NYSE: CEA) has cancelled its previous order for 24 of Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner aircraft, replacing the order with another for 45...
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JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) is probably going to come out of this crazy pilot scandal OK. That is what shares are indicating with a gain of nearly 2%. In something almost...
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AMRBloomberg reports that US Airways (NYSE: LCC) has approached unsecured creditors of American Airlines parent AMR about buying the airline as its leaves bankruptcy. AMR management says it plans...
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AMRThe International Air Transport Association released figures recently that show it expects profits among its member airlines and air cargo carriers to fall precipitously this year compared...
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The International Air Transport Association, the airline industry’s large association, has nearly given up on the chance that the industry will make any money this year. The organization expects...
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CIA World FactbookThe Indian government claims that Boeing (NYSE: BA) owes it $500 million for the late delivery of planes. The aircraft in question is the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which was delayed...
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Two brand new planes — the Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner and Airbus super jumbo A380 — have developed cracks. It is an extraordinary piece of news, given the years it took to design, build...
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA), the global airline industry association, warned in its annual forecast that the economy could hurt earnings of carriers around the world in 2012,...
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The National Sleep Foundation has just released a research report that says: About one-fourth of train operators (26%) and pilots (23%) admit that sleepiness has affected their job performance at...
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AMREconomists have begun to voice concerns that the price of gasoline, which is usually high, could damage the U.S. recovery and make the recession in Europe worse. That is probably true. An...
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) said 33,500 commercial planes will be sold between now and 2030. An affirmation of its forecast was a $22.4 billion deal with Lion Air, the Indonesian carrier. PT Lion...
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Boeing (NYSE: BA) officials say that the world will need 33,500 large aircraft between now and 2030. That is a very precise number given that no one knows what will happen to the world economy over...
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AMRAMR, parent of American Air, wants to cut 13,000 jobs, lower pay for other workers, void airplane leases and cut creditor obligations. Delta (NYSE: DAL) and US Air (NYSE: LCC) want to buy AMR. The...
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