24/7 Wall St. chose the ten most important pieces of news for major US corporations so far this year. Our evaluation was based on the history of the company and ... Read Full Story »
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% ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Tuesday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) Raised to Buy at ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Friday's top analyst calls with upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen from Wall Street research firms. AFLAC Inc. (NYSE: AFL) Started as Neutral at Goldman Sachs. ... Read Full Story »
AirlineFinancials.com estimates the eight largest US airlines, starting this week, will collectively report $3.95 billion in profits from $122.2 billion in revenues for 2010. The average net profit margin ... Read Full Story »
The year just passed has been a good one for US air carriers. For the first time in several years, virtually every carrier earned a profit and airline stocks posted ... Read Full Story »
How much are US air travelers willing to put up with from the airlines? The short answer is probably, "A lot," because, after all, we don't have a lot of ... Read Full Story »
The airline industry has recovered solidly from a string of losing quarters, but it now faces another issue brought on by the discovery last week of an explosive device in ... Read Full Story »
These are some of this Monday's key analyst upgrades, downgrades, and initiations seen in Wall Street research calls. Altera Corp. (NASDAQ: ALTR) Started as Hold at Deutsche Bank. Ansys Inc. ... Read Full Story »
Today's earnings reports from Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) and three airlines have put a little jet fuel into the market. Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL), US Airways Group, Inc. ... Read Full Story »
AirlineFinancials.com estimates the nine largest US airlines, starting next week, will collectively report $2.4 billion in profits from $33.3 billion in revenues. The average net profit margin is 7.2%. Assuming ... Read Full Story »
Today marks the game-changing merger of Continental and United and the two are one as United Continental Holdings Inc. (NYSE: UAL). America's new #1 airline will have a long integration ... Read Full Story »
An industry that goes through a series of mergers usually has several losers, and suppliers are almost always among them. Northwest has merged with Delta (NYSE: DAL) and United with ... Read Full Story »
The Southwest (NYSE: LUV) plan to buy AirTran (NYSE: AAI) for a 60% premium has pushed up the stock prices of all the small carriers. JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) was up ... Read Full Story »
AirTran (NYSE AAI) is up 64% on an buyout offer from Southwest (NYSE: LUV) JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) is up 10% in sympathy with AirTran Southwest Air down 3% on plans ... Read Full Story »