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The best way to speed through airports this holiday may be to cheat the system According to The Washington Post, “The Transportation Security Administration inadvertently revealed closely guarded...
Akamai Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM) rose 7.9% to a yearly high of $25.66 after the software company was upgraded to “outperform” by Oppenheimer & Co. Flow International Corp. (NASDAQ:...
Boeing (NYSE:BA) said it had encountered another problem with the final assembly of its Dreamliner in a cryptic press release from the company. The issue was discovered in the area where the...
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...
American Airlines (NYSE:AMR) is competing with Delta (NYSE:DAL) to form a close partnership with financially troubled Japan Air. Both US carriers would like ready access to JAL’s tremendous network...
By Douglas A. McIntyre British Airways lost $485 million for the six months that ended in September. The airline’s CEO Willie Walsh told the BBC that this has been the “most difficult year in the...
Signs are pointing to another bailout of Japan Airlines by the Tokyo-based government. That means the carrier could survive without being broken into pieces. JAL is still prized for its significant...
The car industry is going green by rapidly developing hybrids and electric cars. Residential and commercial building are adding solar panels. The last place that most people would expect a systematic...
The events of 9/11 and the recession have cut sharply in to airline travel. That has been demonstrated by carriers cutting routes and laying off employees. There were a few airline bankruptcies last...
AirTran Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: AAI) is being punished after the close after it announced a securities sale.  The discount air carrier plans to sell $75,000,000 in convertible senior notes due in 2016...
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...
It can hardly be good news for embattled Boeing (BA) or Airbus. China has unveiled the first commercial airliner to be produced inside its borders. It is called the C919 and will be able to carry...