Transportation

Southwest Airlines Entices Investors With Dividend Hike and More Share Buybacks

Posted: May 15, 2019 at 12:25 pm

Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) wants to bring back more shareholders. The company held a board meeting and wants to put investor concerns at ease over the ongoing Boeing 737 ...
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Read This Before You Book Your Summer Travel

Posted: May 13, 2019 at 10:21 am

This summer, avoid New York City airports, stay home in June, and consider Honolulu as a travel destination. Those are among the key takeaways from a study just released by ...
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Americans Enjoy Booking Flights More Than Actually Taking Them

Posted: April 30, 2019 at 10:00 am

U.S. airlines have what can be called a mixed relationship with their customers. On one hand, more and more people fly every year. On the other, flying does not rate ...
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Spirit Isn’t America’s Worst Airline Anymore

Posted: April 17, 2019 at 11:12 am

U.S. airlines are getting better. In fact, according to the latest quality rating, U.S. airlines as a group posted their highest quality numbers in the 29 years that the ratings ...
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3 Key Transportation Stocks Surging on Earnings

Posted: April 17, 2019 at 11:10 am

The stock market has been running strong in 2019, with the S&P 500 up 16% year to date. One issue that investors should keep in mind is how the transportation ...
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Your Airline Seat Is Going to Get Tinier

Posted: April 13, 2019 at 8:35 am

Among the most frequent complaints about air travel is that seats get smaller and so does the distance between seats. That is about to get worse, at least on many ...
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How Delta Air Lines’ Difference Boosted Earnings, Guidance

Posted: April 10, 2019 at 8:15 am

Delta Air Lines Inc. (NYSE: DAL) reported first-quarter 2019 results before markets opened Wednesday. The airline reported adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.96 on adjusted revenues of $10.47 billion. ...
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The Airline CEO Who Walked Through a Plane Picking Up Trash

Posted: April 8, 2019 at 6:30 am

. The image of the chief executive officer of a major company is not someone who picks up trash. However, that is what happened recently on a major airline. ...
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These Are the Best Airlines in the World, According to TripAdvisor

Posted: April 2, 2019 at 10:28 am

When it comes to air travel, there's good news and there's bad news. The good news is that some airlines continue to offer comfortable seating, few and short delays, and ...
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Why FedEx Earnings Are in the Express Lane for Underperforming

Posted: March 20, 2019 at 8:50 am

When FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) released its most recent quarterly results after the markets closed on Tuesday, the firm said that it had $3.03 in earnings per share (EPS) and ...
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Why 4 Airlines Could Actually Benefit From the 737 MAX Grounding

Posted: March 14, 2019 at 11:10 am

As is so very typical on Wall Street, the minute that President Trump ordered Boeing's 737 MAX out of the air and grounded, the analysts on Wall Street started to ...
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This Is the City With the Most Aggressive Drivers

Posted: March 12, 2019 at 10:30 am

Speeding. Hard braking. Rapid acceleration. These are the hallmarks of aggressive driving, and the number of people who exhibit this kind of behavior varies sharply from city to city. However, ...
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Most Airplanes Get Hit by Lightning Once a Year

Posted: February 21, 2019 at 11:35 am

The last airplane disaster that has been directly attributed to the plane being struck by lightning occurred in Germany in 1988. On Tuesday, a Delta flight from Milwaukee to Atlanta ...
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7 Aircraft Disasters Caused by Lightning Strikes

Posted: February 21, 2019 at 10:24 am

A Delta Air Lines flight from Milwaukee to Atlanta made an emergency landing in Chattanooga Tuesday after the airplane was struck by lightning. The plane and all 164 people on ...
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Southwest Airlines vs Mechanics: How Much Is It Costing Investors?

Posted: February 20, 2019 at 10:55 am

Early Wednesday morning, Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) filed a statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) raising its estimated year-over-year revenue decline in the first quarter of ...
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