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AMR Profit in Bankruptcy and U.S. Airways Merger: Higher Plane Ticket Prices for You

Posted: April 18, 2013 at 2:08 pm

AMR Corporation (AAMRQ) has managed to do something which will sound almost impossible, or at least illogical. The parent company of American Airlines is still in bankruptcy and is still ...
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Beware Another American Airlines Reservations Breakdown

Posted: April 17, 2013 at 6:33 am

The breakdown of the reservations system of AMR, parent of American Airlines, will not be the last for the company. Carrier mergers are notorious for the customer disruption they cause. ...
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No $20 Million Severance Deal for AMR CEO — Yet

Posted: April 12, 2013 at 1:51 pm

The CEO of AMR Corp., parent company of bankrupt American Airlines, won’t be getting a $20 million severance package from the company. A bankruptcy court judge in New York rejected ...
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British Airways Poised to Dump Boeing

Posted: April 8, 2013 at 6:50 am

British Airways appears close to an order of $7 billion of Airbus A350 planes. The airline traditionally has been a customer of Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA). However, that could change is a ...
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Boeing Falls Behind Airbus in Orders and Deliveries

Posted: April 5, 2013 at 6:17 am

The Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner battery debacle may be the face of the aerospace company's problems. However, just below that surface is a much larger one. Boeing has ...
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Airlines Hit by Federal Budget Cuts

Posted: April 3, 2013 at 11:50 am

US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) reported today that March traffic rose 5.1% year-over-year as measured by revenue passenger miles. Available seat miles rose by 3.2% over March 2012, and ...
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Should AMR CEO Get $19.9 Million for Layoffs?

Posted: March 28, 2013 at 6:55 am

A federal bankruptcy judge approved the AMR exit from Chapter 11, which includes a merger with U.S. Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC). The same judge declined to put his stamp of ...
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ETF Folly: The Death of the Airline ETF

Posted: March 22, 2013 at 7:30 am

24/7 Wall St. is tracking daily features around the world of exchange traded funds (ETFs). This is an integral part of investing and personal finance, and there are often just ...
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52-Week Highes Across the Airline Industry

Posted: March 22, 2013 at 6:38 am

The markets must be optimistic about both consumer and business spending, as well as the ongoing drop in oil prices. The stocks of almost every major airline reached 52-week highs ...
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Who Wants to Fly on a 787?

Posted: March 21, 2013 at 6:48 am

Who wants to fly on Boeing Co.'s (NYSE: BA) crippled 787 Dreamliner, once the company has sorted out dangerous problems with one of the batteries that operates the plane? Those ...
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Dreamliner Customers Want Cash Compensation from Boeing

Posted: March 20, 2013 at 1:48 pm

All 50 of the 787 Dreamliners delivered to customers of the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) have been grounded until the company can figure out fix for the battery problems that ...
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Ryanair Places Big Boeing Order

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 8:05 am

London-traded Ryanair Holdings, a low-cost European airline, has ordered 175 new Next Generation 737-800 aircraft from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA). At current list prices, the order is worth $15.6 billion ...
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UBS Fights Warren Buffett, Says to Buy Airlines (DAL, UBS, UAL, LCC)

Posted: March 8, 2013 at 8:35 am

As the market has printed new highs on a daily basis this week, we have reminded readers that there is a big difference between a bull market and market rally. ...
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Delta Air Lines Posts New 52-Week High

Posted: March 4, 2013 at 11:45 am

For the month of February, Delta Air Lines Co. (NYSE: DAL) raised its revenue per mile for each passenger carried by 5%, compared with February a year ago. It is ...
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Boeing Tries to Reassure Skeptical Japanese Customers

Posted: February 28, 2013 at 7:00 am

Japan's airline industry has more to lose than that of any other nation as delays in fixing the Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) 787 Dreamliner continue. All Nippon Airways (ANA) in ...
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