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Perhaps the people at Delta (DAL) did not get the memo. The reasons for airline mergers seem to be a bit soft. While there may be come savings in cutting ground crews and reservations people,...
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The Wall Street Journal has announced that there may be (actually it says "near announcing") some new delays out of Boeing (NYSE: BA) on its 787 Dreamiliner. We first noted that the Boeing...
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The dumb money in the market is betting that one or two mergers will save air carriers like United (UAUA), Delta (DAL), and Northwest (NWA) from high fuel costs and a flagging economy. Since 2002,...
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After airline stocks took a nearly unprecedented beating during the last few weeks on concerns about higher fuel costs and a falling economy, they rallied like mad yesterday. Some of its may be that...
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The end of the year has turned out well for Boeing (BA). British Airways has put in an order for twenty-four 787 Dreamliners. The face value of the order is $4.4 billion, according to Reuters....
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According to a report in The New York Times, German airline giant Lufthansa will buy 20% of US discount ariline JetBlue (JBLU). JetBlue shares are up almost 14% on the news, trading at $7.12, still...
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Herb Kelleher, the legendary CEO of Southwest Air (LUV), is retired now. He made his reputation as the best airline executive of the last 25 years by setting up a low cost airline that beat larger...
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There are numerous articles on the web today discussing how Airbus’ parent EADS may cut its $3 Billion R&D budget. It isn’t the maximization of technology. It isn’t a slowing economy. ...
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Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) has canned the notions and the reports on Wall Street and Main Street that it is in merger dicusssions with United Airlines’ parent UAL Corp. (NASDAQ:UAUA). Wall...
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According to several media reports, Delta (DAL) may be considering a merger with United Airlines (UAUA). According to The Wall Street Journal "hedge fund Pardus Capital Management LP, which has...
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Just when Boeing (BA) was beginning to think it had a leg up on Airbus and its troubled A350 and A380 programs, Emirates, the biggest Arab airline, gave the European company a $31 billion order. So...
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Southwest Airlines (NYSE:LUV) is managing to keep its earnings going and expects revenues in the coming quarter to exceed year ago levels. The company posted $0.22 EPS and revenues of $2.59 Billion...
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British Air (BAB) gave Boeing (BA) a big order for its 787 Dreamliner–24 planes. At the same time it dropped the 747 as its large long-haul plane and bought the A380 super-jumbo instead. The A380...
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Boeing (BA) has upped it figure for how much the Chinese aviation business will spend on airplanes over the next 20 years. According to MarketWatch, it now puts that number at $340 billion, about...
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Pogo Jet, Inc. has filed to come public via an IPO of up to $103.5 million under the propposed ticker of "POGO" on NASDAQ. It lists only W.R.Hambrecht & Co. as the underwriter, so this is under...
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