JetBlue Airlines (JBLU)
From The Stock Masters JetBlue Airlines (JBLU) has been all over the news lately. Today marked day six of a continuing scheduling nightmare at Kennedy Airport that began after a Valentine’s day storm that…
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Newest first · Page 66The Sullying Of JetBlue’s Brand
JetBlue’s (JBLU) stock has already dropped 20% from mid-January, but it may drop a lot further. The airline has billed itself as the customer friendly airline, but after leaving boatloads of customers on runways…
Why Would AMR Be Acquired Now?
(AMR) AMR, the parent of American Airlines, has its shares up as much as 9% pre-market after Business Week noted it could be acquired in their "Inside Wall Street" for $46 to $52 by…
JetBlue and the Runway Debacle; Upgraded at Goldman
From Ticker Sense Many of you have probably read about the disastrous time passengers had on many JetBlue flights coming in and out of the Northeast in the past couple of days. After twiddling…
Southwest Air: The Low Cost Carrier That Isn’t
Today Southwest Air (LUV-NYSE) has raised its prices by up to $10.00 each way. Sure the other airlines either have (or will have) followed the fare hike, but this further goes to show that…
PNCL: Pinnacle Airlines
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat Small-cap Watch List member Pinnacle Airlines (PNCL) issued its January traffic data: During January, Pinnacle transported 690,559 Customers, 5.6% more than the same period in 2006.…
PCAOB’s Chairman On Costs Of Regulation
From AAOl Weblog Last Friday, Mark Olson the PCAOB’s chairman, delivered a speech at the Tax Council Policy Institute’s 8th Annual Tax Policy & Practice Symposium in Washington, D.C. Plenty of information about the…
Cramer Flied Boeing and Ignores the Fed
On STOP TRADING on CNBC today, Cramer said the FED is actually listening to the guidance conference calls of the major companies and seeing the slowdown. The tape is not lying, and these guys…
US Air Drops the Delta Bid, As Expected
US Airways (LCC-NYSE) has formally withdrawn its offer to acquire Delta Air Lines Inc. (DALRQ-NASDAQ/OTC). The Unsecured Creditors’ Committee would not meet its demands by the airline’s established deadline of Feb. 1, 2007. US…
Boeing’s Fantastic Future
Boeing (BA) did not want to leave anything to doubt. Instead of forecasting the next quarter, or even the next year, the big aerospace company said that it sees two years of rising profits…
Delta Air Lines Secures $2.5 Billion Exit Financing (Note ‘Standalone’)
Delta Airlines (DALRQ-NASDAQ/OTC) has announced this morning that it secured a $2.5 Billion exit financing facility, making it one step closer to exiting bankruptcy in spring as a strong well-capitalized standalone carrier. Six institutions…
Aircastle Shares Coming to Market
Aircastle Limited (AYR-NYSE) has filed to sell 13.5 million shares, plus some overallotment shares that allow a total of 15.525 million shares to be sold. This isn’t the Fortress Investment Group selling, it’s the…
Brazil’s Embraer share offering nearly doubles | Reuters.com
By William Trent, CFA of Stock Market Beat We have said often that the future of passenger air travel lies in smaller jets flying to smaller cities. The hub and spoke model is outmoded,…
Boeing’s Big Year (BA)
With all of the fanfare about Boeing’s recent successe it is hard to believe that 2006 will be the first year that it has outsold rival Airbus. Boeing should ship over 900 planes this…
Airbus Evens The Score With Boeing (BA)
Singapore Air, one of the world’s largest long-haul carriers has ordered nine Airbus A380 superjumbos and taken options on six more. The new plane has had a history of production problems, and industry observers…