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By Robert Herbst You think you are paying more at the corner gas station? Checkout what the airline industry is looking at! If the current price of jet fuel was the average for the year? It would...
America lost its lead as the world’s top manufacturer to China. That is in part the basis of the argument that China’s Gross Domestic Product will pass America’s sometime before the middle of...
From the ashes of a terrible 2009, the European Aeronautic Defense and Space Co. NV, or EADS, (OTC: EADSY) posted a fourth-quarter and full-year profit for 2010 on the strength of sales of its Airbus...
The favorite way for International Air Transport Association (IATA) president Giovanni Bisignani to describe airline profits is with the word “pathetic”. In his first forecast for 2011, Bisignani...
Just as passenger and freight traffic have begun to improve for the world’s airlines, rising crude oil prices have thrown a monkey wrench into the airlines’ hopes of profitability in 2011. The...
Lost in the conversation about airline fuel prices and falling margins is the fate of airline employees. The most frequent reaction to an increase in the cost of jet fuel is similar to the one in...
Priceline.com Incorporated (NASDAQ: PCLN) may be at a cycle peak.  With shares above $400.00 and having more than doubled from its year lows, it would not be too much to point out that at a minimum...
If there is one industry which reacts immediately to higher oil prices and to global unrest, it is the airline sector.  These are technically not new risks but these two issues are hitting the...
24/7 Wall St. chose the ten most important pieces of news for major US corporations so far this year. Our evaluation was based on the history of the company and industry involved and the likely...
Not only does The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) have problems delivering its new 787 Dreamliner and 747-8 passenger planes, now the company is getting cancellations on orders for its sturdy 737. Bloomberg is...
Several industry groups and weather and securities analysts say that the cold and snowy first month of the year will hurt retail sales and airline traffic. That is almost certainly true. But, no one...
The month of December was not so hot for international air carriers. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air traffic demand growth fell by -2.3% month-over-month, from...
When Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announces a delay for its long-awaited 787 Dreamliner, most of us check the date on the announcement to make sure we’re not reading a press release from a year or two...
AirlineFinancials.com estimates the eight largest US airlines, starting this week, will collectively report $3.95 billion in profits from $122.2 billion in revenues for 2010. The average net profit...
Boeing’s (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner has had six official delays in its launch data, and more if every glitch in production is counted. Boeing says it will announce another new release plan in two...