Maybe it is the Iceland volcanic ash clouds, maybe it was the market, but more likely than not it was the state of airline mergers that crushed airlines today.  Continental Airlines, Inc. (NYSE:...
AirTran (NYSE AAI) is up 64% on an buyout offer from Southwest (NYSE: LUV)JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) is up 10% in sympathy with AirTranSouthwest Air down 3% on plans to buy AirTran.LDK Solar (NYSE: LDK)...
With so much interest in airlines of late, we have some reports to evaluate today. Lower fuel prices and full planes may be helping the trend, but the potential AMR buyout from bankruptcy makes the...
Source: AMRBankrupt AMR Corp. and US Airways Group Inc. (NYSE: LCC) have announced that the two companies have entered a nondisclosure agreement (NDA), under which the companies have agreed to...
Oil is tanking behind Europe, commodity inventories are up, and refineries are running at very high historic levels.  And guess what, airplanes are full, fares are up, carriers are passing on...
These are this Wednesday’s top early-bird analyst downgrades and cautious research calls out of Wall Street: Agco Corp. (AGCO) Cut to Underweight at JPMorgan. Apartment Investment &...
These are the top analyst upgrades and positive calls we have seen from Wall Street this Wednesday morning: Big Lots (BIG) Raised to Overweight at JPMorgan. Capital One (COF) Raised to Buy at Stifel...
Oil had a really dismal May, losing roughly 17% and hitting under $87.00 per barrel for WTI Crude on Thursday. While this may not be good for oil barons, the airline industry is getting a virtual...
Delta Air Lines Co. (NYSE: DAL) reported May traffic numbers this morning and the results have been dragging down sector stocks. Here’s the root of the problem:While lower than recent guidance by...
The news flow around the AMR Corporation (NYSE: AMR) filing for bankruptcy is rampant.  Some say it was expected and others believe it was premature.  The aim to work its cost structure, but this...
After the Continental Airlines, Inc. (NYSE:CAL)  merger announcement with UAL Corporation (NASDAQ: UAUA) , something interesting happened in the sector.  Suddenly the valuations seemed too high. ...
There are still many upgrades coming considering the light and shortened week.  These are this Wednesday’s top early bird analyst upgrades and positive research calls that we have seen:...
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has not been doing well as a stock.  Over the last two years its stock has lost nearly one-third of its value.  Even over the last 5-year period, its...
A number of airlines are trying to take back their booking business from travel websites like Priceline.com Inc. (NASDAQ: PCLN), Orbitz Worldwide Inc. (NYSE: OWW), Expedia Inc. (NASDAQ: EXPE),...
______________________________________________________________Airline Industry 2009 Recovery – MAYBE – By Robert Herbst Only weeks ago due to the unprecedented rise in fuel costs, analysts were ...