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Southwest Airlines Chases Delta, Raising Its Dividend and Stock Buyback Game

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) is living up to what we expected last week. After Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) jumped the gun with a dividend declaration and new ...
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Downgrading Airlines on Traffic Concerns (LCC, UAL, LUV, ALK, SAVE)

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) paints a bleak outlook for passenger and freight carriers as economic worries intensify. And the impact of that weak forecast is beginning to take ...
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Flight Cancellations on Record Pace (AMR, UAL, LCC, DAL, RJET, JBLU, LUV, ALK, HA)

Not only is air travel getting more expensive, passengers are more likely to face competition for fewer seats and more cancelled flights. Capacity is falling as airlines eliminate low-traffic routes ...
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Europe Hits Struggling Airlines With Carbon Tax (AMR, UAL, DAL)

The European Union plans to initiate a plan next year that would force any major airline that flies to a European destination to participate in the European cap-and-trade system designed ...
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Is a Replacement for Boeing’s 757 Coming — From Airbus? (BA, EADSY, LCC, UAL, DAL, LUV)

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) stopped making its 757 aircraft in 2004. The single-aisle, narrow-body plane can carry up to 193 passengers on flights of up to 3,900 miles. There is ...
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Are There Winners If Oil Falls to $80? (XOM, CVC, COP, SD, VLO, MPC, TSO, WNR, UAL, DAL, AMR, LUV, DRYS, DSX, UNP, CSX, NSC, FDX, UPS, ADM, POT, MOS, CF)

The price for WTI crude oil fell below $83/barrel momentarily today as the market takes another shellacking, down around 200 points just before noon. Both crude and the wider market ...
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American Airlines to Buy Airbus Planes (AMR, BA, EADSY, LUV, UAL, ALK, DAL, LCC)

AMR Corp. (NYSE: AMR), parent of US carrier American Airlines, has reversed a 15-year single-source purchasing program with Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and decided to split an order for 460 ...
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Oil Prices Pose Challenge to Airline Traffic (UAL, AMR, DAL, LUV)

Just as passenger and freight traffic have begun to improve for the world's airlines, rising crude oil prices have thrown a monkey wrench into the airlines' hopes of profitability in ...
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Weather, Fuel Costs Continue to Batter Airlines (AMR, UAL, JBLU, LCC, ALK, DAL, LUV, AAI, RJET)

The month of December was not so hot for international air carriers. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), air traffic demand growth fell by -2.3% month-over-month, from 8.2% ...
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