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Investors should hope that airlines will do what they can to keep business. Northwest Airlines (NYSE: NWA) seems to want to do the opposite. I tried to get a ticket for my son to fly from New York to...
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Who would have imagined that the Delta (NYSE: DAL) merger with Northwest (NYSE: NWA), which was announced yesterday, could be scuttled by a merger of Continental (NYSE: CAL) and United (NASDAQ:...
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The on-again, off-again merger between Northwest (NYSE: NWA) merger with Delta (NYSE: DAL) appears ready to go through. The deal could be hurt by the fact that the pilots have not signed up for the...
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AMR (NYSE: AMR), parent of American Airlines, will return to 100% service tomorrow after FAA-mandated inspections of it MD-80 fleet forced the cancellations of over 3,000 flights. AMR management has...
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Frontier (NASDAQ: FRNT) filed for Chapter 11 joining ATA and Aloha Air. According to MarketWatch "The airline said the decision was taken after its principal credit-card processor unexpectedly said...
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Oasis Airlines in Hong Kong is shutting down. According to MarketWatch "Oasis Chief Executive Stephen Miller told a news conference all flights were being canceled immediately." Oasis gets to join a...
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It’s that magic time of the economic cycle, all over again. Investors run screens galore for cheap stocks to hide money in during a consumer and credit recession. One group keeps showing up...
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The argument that airline mergers improve profits is debatable. Combinations doe not save on fuel costs. Unions often use the marriages as ways to get wage concessions. The last thing a new airline...
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In all industries staying out of Chapter 11 is a badge of honor. The sole exception to that is the airline business where bankruptcy is embedded in the culture like ticks are on the hide of a deer....
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Skybus became the latest US airline to close its doors. Over the last week Aloha Airlines and ATA have also shut down. Northwest (NYSE: NWA) announced that it would raise passenger fares in the hope...
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The management at Northwest (NWA) knows when it is in a pickle. Fuel prices are moving up and passenger traffic is likely slowing as the recession keeps people off airplanes. The only way to make...
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At Aloha Airlines the reason for Chapter 11 was high fuel costs and too much competition. Overnight ATA Airlines went into bankruptcy because it lost a key military contract. As the reasons add up,...
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Shares of Frontier Airlines (FRNT) are off 12% today to $2.23. The shares have a 52-week high of $7.46. Early this morning the The International Air Transport Association speaking about industry...
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Aloha Airlines went into Chapter 11 last week. That was not enough. Now the carrier says it is ending passenger service after 60 years of operation. Aloha is small and flies in only one market, but...
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Northwest (NWA) could not get pilots in line for a merger with Delta (DAL), so it is going to try to move forward without them. It can get ready for a pilot’s strike that could cost hundreds of...
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