airline stocks

US Airways (NYSE: LCC) had a record second quarter, beating analyst estimates in a variety of metrics. Revenue set a single-quarter record, topping $3.8 billion, up 7.2 percent year-over-year. Earnings per share hit $1.61, beating the analyst consensus estimate of $1.53 by 8 cents. Finally, the...

Bankrupt American Airlines is attempting to reach a flight sharing deal with fellow airline JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU), but its pleas are falling on deaf ears. According to the New York Post, the lack of interest from JetBlue is putting pressure on American to go the merger route instead....

Airline stocks have found friendly skies in recent weeks, thanks in large part to slumping oil prices. In the past month, the Guggenheim Airline ETF (NYSE: FAA) has risen 11.1 percent while the U.S. Oil Fund (NYSE: USO), an ETF that tracks front-month West Texas Intermediate oil futures, has slid...

By Jeff Saut, Minyanville Stephen Moore wrote a Wall Street Journal article entitled, 'Atlas Shrugged': From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years. For those of us familiar with Ayn Rand’s classic book (Atlas Shrugged), recent events eerily mirror her writings about the economic carnage caused by big...

By: John Persinos, Investing Daily Airlines around the world are saddled with obsolete, fuel-hogging aircraft, an increasingly untenable burden because of the high cost of oil. New aircraft on the market are not only more fuel efficient, but their lightweight composite structures also lower...

Rumors can be denied, but facts will not change. Once again, American Airlines (NYSE: AMR) proved this to be correct. Back in October, there were rumors that AMR might file for bankruptcy, and the rumors were denied by the company. On Tuesday, however, AMR did manage to file bankruptcy, and...

Talk about bad news. AMR Corporation (AMR) will be announcing its latest quarterly earnings on October 17, and from what you read on almost every financial website, a bankruptcy may be looming for this company in the opinion of many investors. After all, for the quarter ending June 30, the company...

With flights coming under the security scanner, following an attempt by a Nigerian man on a Northwest flight to blow up the airline, and further security scare on Sunday, stocks of airline companies dipped lower on Monday. While AMR Corp (NYSE: AMR), which owns American Airlines, dipped 3.07% to $7...

The airlines stocks are catching some action in the past 10 minutes. This is probably because traders believe that a higher dollar and lower oil prices will benefit airline companies such as Continental (NYSE: CAL), AMR Corp (NYSE: AMR) and UAL (NASDAQ: UAUA). CAL shares have shot up by 5.79% to $...