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Why a Boeing 737 MAX Costs Up to $113 Million
The Boeing 737 MAX family of planes is not scheduled for delivery to customers until 2017 but Ryanair reportedly is prepared to place an order for 100.
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Why Boeing Is Battling Conservatives, Airlines Over Export-Import Bank
Courtesy Boeing Co.When the monthly report on durable goods orders came out on Tuesday, virtually everyone was surprised at the 22.6% improvement. However, when transportation is backed out of the equation, orders…
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Southwest Posts Worst On-Time Arrival Record
Wikimedia Commons (Stuart Seeger)According to statistics from the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Air Travel Consumer Report, Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) posted the worst record among major airlines for on-time arrivals in June at 66.8%.…
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United Is America’s Worst Airline
United Continental Holdings Inc.U.S. airlines are among the lowest-rated industries in the country when it comes to customer satisfaction. According a survey completed earlier this year by the American Customer Satisfaction Index…
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High Profile Stocks See Some Big Insider Selling This Week
ThinkstockThe big market sell-off got some extra additional selling as some insiders decided it was time to lighten up on their holdings of their own companies. One interesting note from this week,…
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J.P. Morgan’s Huge Upward Revisions on Airline Price Targets
ThinkstockThe airline passenger is the perfect captive audience. If you want to travel somewhere, and the airline that serves you and your area has a multitude of extra costs, like charging for…
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Israel Flight Bans Not Likely to Hurt U.S. Airline Earnings
ThinkstockA Federal Aviation Administration flight ban of U.S. air carriers into Tel Aviv, Israel, may seem as though it is important geopolitical news, but the move may have a very limited impact…
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Airline Fee Revenues Skyrocket 1,200% Over 7 Years
United Continental Holdings Inc.If it weren’t for the various ancillary revenues that airlines have cobbled together over the past several years, the industry would likely be in much worse shape. In 2007,…
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United Continental Gives Airlines a Lift
United Continental offered a lift to airline stocks on Thursday after announcing late Wednesday that its passenger revenue per available seat mile increased more than expected.
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How Badly Could Boeing Be Hurt If Ex-Im Bank Closes Down?
The Boeing Co.The Tea Party wing of the Republican party has declared that it will not support the reauthorization of the U.S. Export-Import (Ex-Im) Bank when the bank’s charter comes up for…
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Delta Air Lines Sinks on Cuts to Venezuelan Service
courtesy of Delta Air LinesDelta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) said on Monday that it is cutting service to Venezuela from one flight per day between Atlanta and Caracas to one flight per…
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Oppenheimer’s Three Favorite Stocks From Its Three Favorite Sectors
Oppenheimer is out with its favorite ideas for stocks to buy. The most interesting part of the report is that there are three buy ideas from Oppenheimer's favorite stock sectors: Facebook, Hess…
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American Air Up 60% on Merger Success
American Airlines Group Inc.When shares of U.S. Airways closed on their last trading day before the company’s December merger with American Airlines, the final share price was $22.95. When the shares opened…
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Airlines Slaughtered on Iraq and Oil
ThinkstockU.S. airlines’ stocks are taking a beating Thursday afternoon as investors react to the turmoil in Iraq and the related rise in the price of crude oil. WTI crude for July delivery…
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Why a Boeing 737 Costs up to $110 Million
The FAA last Friday ordered Boeing to modify the technology included on its current models of the 737 single-aisle, narrow-body passenger jet that has been the company's bread-and-butter product since going into…