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The head of the International Air Transport Association thinks that the plight of the airline industry will get worse before its gets better. He believes that losses among carriers could hit over $6...
We are seeing something a bit unusual considering the current climate for airline stocks.  US Airways Group, Inc. (NYSE: LCC) has announced today that it will sell 19 million shares of common stock...
Not long ago daily media stories were predicting which major airline would be the first in line to fail. Las Vegas type odds were given to a list of inevitable airline bankruptcies. There should be...
British Airways and AMR (AMR) may be closer to a deal which would allow them to operate their transatlantic businesses as one company. With AMR is deep financial trouble, and its stock down from a...
In an 8-K filed with the SEC, JetBlue (JBLU) announced that CEO David Barger "voluntarily amended" his employment agreement to "reduce his base salary by fifty percent, from $500,000 per year to...
Stocks in a number of airlines rose over 40% last week with some, including AMR (AMR) moving up over 50%. The price of oil sold off sharply enough to warrant some of the improvement in the shares....
AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR), American Airlines’ parent, reported a Q2 net loss of $1.4 Billion or -$5.77 EPS.  Results include special charges of $1.1 billion non-cash accounting charges to write...
Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) is in an odd spot this morning.  The company beat earnings and claims a gain before extraordinary items, yet it still had a wide loss on a net income basis.  The carrier...
AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR) has come out with many projections today in a filing.  The company is out at the Merrill Lynch Global Transportation Conference. Second quarter mainline unit revenue is...
US Air (LCC) became the latest airline to cut a lot of people and routes in the hope of cutting enough costs to stay afloat. It is a valiant move, but will probably not save the carrier. The market...
Pinnacle Airlines Inc. (NASDAQ: PNCL) might as well have its wings clipped if you look at the news from this morning.   Delta Air Lines, inc. (NYSE: DAL) has given notice of contract termination...
Continental Airlines Inc. (NYSE: CAL) announced that it plans to cut 3,000 jobs and that CEO and President will lower their salaries for the remainder of the year.  As far as addressing capacity,...
Shares of JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU) are seeing some extra pressure this morning after the company announced the pricing of a previously announced convertible debt offering of 5.5%...
The press alternates between reporting that United (UAUA) and US Air (LCC) are in merger talks one day, and not in merger talks the next. According to Reuters "United Airlines and US Airways have...
Reports are that the heated merger talks between United (UAUA) and US Air (LCC) have gone away. Both airlines are probably still talking to AMR (AMR), Continental (CAL), and any other puddle-jumper...